Nigerian UN peacekeeper guards the First United Methodist church in Monrovia, January 15, 2005, as Liberia prepares for the inauguration of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
[All those warlords and other cranky sorts over there better not get too frisky. The flagship of the U.S. 6th Fleet, USS Mt. Whitney, accompanied by another U.S. warship, is standing station just off the coast. We would not want to make the nice little warships or the Admiral mad, now would we, guys.]
Former President George Bush, left, checks the soup his personal chef, Ariel De Guzman, right, is preparing for lunch, Dec. 27, 2005, in Houston.