Guinea's President Declares Martial Lawhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6414397,00.html

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - A strict curfew kept residents inside
their homes in this West African capital Tuesday after Guinea's
president declared martial law, but sporadic gunfire persisted as
some youths tried to renew protests that killed dozens in recent days.

The U.S. embassy ordered all staff family members to leave
Guinea and urged private U.S. citizens to go as well. The
embassy flew out about 25 people on a U.S. government plane.

The violence started Saturday, a day after Conte appointed his
close ally Eugene Camara, a Cabinet member since 1997,
as prime minister.

Last month, Conte agreed to appoint a consensus prime
minister who was not a member of his government in a deal to
end a two-week national strike that brought Guinea to an
economic standstill and sparked clashes that left at least 59 dead.

Guinea's 10 million people are impoverished and many live
without the most basic public services, even though the country
has half the world's reserves of bauxite, used to produce aluminum.