Shells slamming into tin-roof homes killed at least 16 civilians in Liberia's war-battered capital and the U.S. Ambassador appealed to rebels to lift their bloody eight-day siege of Monrovia to allow food and aid into the city. Rebels and government forces on Sunday battled at key crossings leading toward President Charles Taylor's downtown stronghold, with the insurgents showing no signs of slackening their drive. The insurgents overnight bypassed one of three embattled spans, Stockton Bridge, leading from the rebel-held island port to mainland Monrovia, government field officers said. After a night of combat, the rebels were in what had been a government-controlled suburb around the bridge - claiming to be in control.

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