Militias loyal to Liberian President Charles Taylor held off a rebel assault on Monrovia Sunday, pushing the invaders back from the two main bridges into the capital during a day of sporadic but fierce fighting. Government forces, who had retreated steadily before a rebel advance Saturday, made the most of the cover provided by the concrete landscape of Monrovia's mildewed downtown, which overlooks the strategic bridges. Militia fighters in shorts and T-shirts charged down the spans repeatedly Sunday, firing automatic rifles toward a bank of warehouses until the rebels fell back in early afternoon. The rebels' retreat may have been strategic, however, as they appeared intent on entering the city by another route.
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