WORLD IN BRIEF : LIBERIA : Doe Offers to Resign to End Rebellion
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President Samuel Doe said he is ready to step down or hold early elections under international supervision to help end a northern-based rebellion in which hundreds of Liberians have been killed. Doe made the offer at a rally the day after his forces announced their first victory against rebels: the recapture of the strategic port of Buchanan in southeastern Liberia.
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