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  • Former Taylor Deputy Testifies Rebel Commander Ate Human Flesh 15 May 2008 21:31 GMT
    ... A witness at the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor has testified that rebels ... Wednesday at the ousted Liberian leader's war crimes trial in a U.N.-backed court at The Hague. ... has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, rape, torture, recruiting child soldiers and pillaging ...

  • Strange company 15 May 2008 20:38 GMT
    ... financed and run some of the most murderous organizations in the worst civil wars in ... Africa. For example, Charles Taylor's militias in Liberia and those of Foday Sankoh in Sierra ... on trial by international tribunals for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since Gadhafi and Compaore ...

  • Our guest from Burkina Faso took power in a violent coup. 15 May 2008 20:38 GMT
    ... financed and run some of the most murderous organizations in the worst civil wars in ... Africa. For example, Charles Taylor's militias in Liberia and those of Foday Sankoh in Sierra ... on trial by international tribunals for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since Gadhafi and Compaore ...

  • Living With Fistula 15 May 2008 20:30 GMT
    ... Of 600 rape victims recently interviewed by a Liberian non-governmental organisation, 90 percent of the women ... are forcibly inserted into the vagina. Violent crime and rape especially of children are common in ...

  • LIBERIA: Living with fistula 15 May 2008 19:19 GMT
    ... The other common cause of fistula in Liberia is traumatic gynaecologic fistula that is a ... are forcibly inserted into the vagina. Violent crime and rape especially of children are common in Liberia, ...

  • Taylor's RUF link exposed 15 May 2008 18:36 GMT
    ... Moses Blah, the former Liberian President, has become the most high-profile figure ... figure to testify in Charles Taylor's war crimes trial in The Hague. Mr Blah has ... killings, amputation of arms and limbs and rape. He had denied all the 11 counts ...

  • Liberia: Family of Man Killed in Lofa Finally Seek Justice 15 May 2008 13:07 GMT
    ... The family of a local trader who was allegedly murdered in Foyiah, Lofa County by a police officer who is assigned to Vice President ...

  • Taylor's number two man says he ignored rebel complaints 15 May 2008 13:07 GMT
    ... Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor rejected complaints from Sierra ... Blah. Mr Blah told Mr Taylor's war crimes trial that his former boss responded by ... of civilians, as well as killings and rape. "We had men in Sierra Leone fighting... ...

  • Former Liberian president testifies against Charles Taylor 15 May 2008 10:35 GMT
    ... Moses Blah briefly served as Liberian president in 2003, taking leadership of the ... pleaded not guilty to charges that include murder, rape, torture, enlisting child soldiers and pillaging ... in a courtroom rented from the International Criminal Court in the Hague because of fears ...

  • Gadhafi helped Taylor take over Liberia, witness says 15 May 2008 10:31 GMT
    ... power in the West African nation of Liberia, a key witness at Taylor's war crimes trial testified Wednesday. Moses Blah, who served as ... pleaded not guilty to charges that include murder, rape, torture and enlisting child soldiers during ...

  • Who vetted the guest list? 15 May 2008 09:39 GMT
    ... financed and run some of the most murderous organizations in the worst civil wars in ... Africa. For example, Charles Taylor's militias in Liberia and those of Foday Sankoh in Sierra ... on trial by international tribunals for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since Gadhafi and Compaore ...

  • Taylor`s vice-president testifies 15 May 2008 09:39 GMT
    ... Monrovia, 05/15- The war crimes trial of Liberia`s ex-President Charles Taylor is hearing evidence from ... people died and thousands more were mutilated, raped and had limbs amputated. Mr Taylor`s case ...

  • Statutory rape case against refugee moved 15 May 2008 09:37 GMT
    ... Wednesday. The case of Junior Harry, a Liberian refugee charged with the statutory rape of his children's mother, would be moved ... face adult prison or have an adult criminal record. Harry has been in an adult ...

  • India city calm despite bombings 15 May 2008 08:18 GMT
    ... power in the West African nation of Liberia, a key witness at Taylor's war-crimes trial testified Wednesday. Moses Blah, who served as ... pleaded not guilty to charges that include murder, rape, torture and enlisting child soldiers during ...

  • Libyan aid to Charles Taylor alleged at trial 15 May 2008 06:56 GMT
    ... power in the West African nation of Liberia, a key witness at Taylor's war crimes trial testified Wednesday. Moses Blah, who served as ... pleaded not guilty to charges that include murder, rape, torture and enlisting child soldiers during ...

  • 'Forced to be Cruel' ' Internationally-Renown Photographers Document the Fate of Child Soldiers 15 May 2008 04:42 GMT
    ... Cedric Gerbehaye, Roger Lemoyne (Congo), Tim Hetherington (Liberia), Peter Mantello (Burma), Q. Sakamaki (Afghanistan), Dominic ... of 18. Equally important is the International Criminal Court in Den Haag. According to the ...

  • Witness: Gadhafi helped Taylor take over Liberia 14 May 2008 22:50 GMT
    ... power in the West African nation of Liberia, a key witness at Taylor's war crimes trial testified Wednesday. Moses Blah, who served ... in a courtroom rented from the International Criminal Court because of fears that prosecuting him ...

  • Witness: Gadhafi helped Taylor take over Liberia 14 May 2008 22:50 GMT
    ... power in the West African nation of Liberia, a key witness at Taylor's war crimes trial testified Wednesday. Moses Blah, who served ... in a courtroom rented from the International Criminal Court because of fears that prosecuting him ...

  • 'Commanders ate human innards' 14 May 2008 22:47 GMT
    ... The Hague - Liberian rebels cooked and ate human innards while ... on Wednesday at the exiled leader's war crimes trial. A member of Taylor's presidential guard, Nelson ... war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and recruiting child soldiers in connection ...

  • Taylor's former deputy testifies in trial 14 May 2008 20:19 GMT
    ... Charles Taylor's deputy testified in the war crimes trial of the former Liberian president on Wednesday, describing how a Sierra ... to testify in Taylor's trial for instigating murder, rape and terrorism in Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 ...

  • Charles Taylor's Former Deputy Testifies at Sierra Leone War Crimes Trial 14 May 2008 18:32 GMT
    ... deputy has begun testifying at the ousted Liberian leader's war crimes trial before a U.N.-backed court in The Hague. ... guilty of the charges against him - murder, rape, torture, recruiting child soldiers and pillaging ...

  • LIBERIA: Peacekeeper pull-out will be 'cautious and gradual' 14 May 2008 16:44 GMT
    ... UN peacekeepers have started leaving Liberia but will not completely withdraw until security ... still fragile. The police can not fight crimes and the army is not ready now to ...

  • Taylor's former deputy testifies 14 May 2008 16:35 GMT
    ... 2008 Taylor has denied 11 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes The war ... The war crimes trial of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor is hearing evidence from ... people died and thousands more were mutilated, raped and had limbs amputated. Mr Taylor's case ...

  • One former Liberian president testifies against another at Charles Taylor trial 14 May 2008 13:37 GMT
    ... in the 1980s before it violently overthrew Liberia's government, the man who succeeded him as ... Liberia's president testified Wednesday at Taylor's war crimes trial. Moses Blah briefly served as Liberian ... in a courtroom rented from the International Criminal Court in the Hague because of fears ...

  • Charles Taylor's former deputy testifies in trial 14 May 2008 13:25 GMT
    ... Charles Taylor's deputy testified in the war crimes trial of the former Liberian president on Wednesday, describing how a Sierra ... to testify in Taylor's trial for instigating murder, rape and terrorism in Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 ...


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