Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor says he allowed the use of human skulls at roadblocksTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor told a war crimes court Thursday he saw nothing wrong with displaying the skulls of slain fighters at roadblocks as his rebel forces swept into the country in a 1989 revolution. Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor rejects war crimes charges, says he was a corruption fighterTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — The American CIA and Libya’s leader Moammar Gadhafi both had a hand in Charles Taylor’s rise to power as Cold War politics and pan-African struggles helped propel him to the presidency in Liberia, according to his testimony Wednesday at his war crimes trial. Ex-Liberian leader portrays himself as corruption fighter in early years of rise to powerTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Charles Taylor retraced his rise to power in Liberia to war crimes judges Wednesday, casting himself as an anti-corruption fighter in his army-ruled nation before ousting the military in a coup to restore democracy. Former Liberian leader portrays himself as fighter of corruptionTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Charles Taylor has testifed before war crimes judges that he was an anti-corruption fighter in Liberia before ousting the military in a coup to restore democracy. Former Liberian leader tells tribunal that war crimes case based on ‘deceit, deception, lies’THE HAGUE, Netherlands — His combat fatigues were replaced by a dark suit and tie, and the tinted aviator glasses gave the former Liberian leader a haughty air as he took the stand Tuesday to emphatically denounce the war crimes charges against him as “disinformation, misinformation, lies, rumors.” Liberia’s Taylor ends 3-year silence, says war crimes case is deceit, deception and liesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ending three years of silence, former Liberian President Charles Taylor began building his defense against war crimes charges Tuesday, portraying himself as a peacemaker rather than the cannibalistic warlord described by prosecutors. Liberia’s Taylor takes stand, says war crimes case against him based on lies, misinformationTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor testified at his war crimes trial Tuesday that the case against him was built on lies and misinformation, and he denied he had commanded and armed rebels who killed and tortured tens of thousands of civilians. Liberia’s Taylor takes stand at The Hague to defend against murder, rape chargesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Charles Taylor has taken the stand in his own defense at his war crimes trial and says the case against him is built on lies. Liberia’s Taylor to take stand at The Hague to defend against murder, rape chargesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will take the stand Tuesday to assert that he was trying to bring peace to Sierra Leone with his actions during a savage civil war that left hundreds of thousands dead or mutilated, his attorney said. Liberia’s ex-leader Taylor to claim he was working for peace during Sierra Leone atrocitiesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will take the stand to assert that he was trying to bring peace to Sierra Leone with his actions during a savage civil war that left hundreds of thousands dead or mutilated, his attorney said Monday. Charles Taylor begins his war crimes defense against Sierra Leone atrocity chargesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Lawyers for Charles Taylor began his defense against war crimes charges Monday, arguing that the former Liberian president was not responsible for the murder, rape and mutilation of civilians by rebels in Sierra Leone and should not be blamed simply out of disgust at the atrocities. Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor accused of several war crime chargesList of charges against Liberia’s ex-leader Taylor Prosecutors at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone have accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of arming and leading rebels in 1996-2002 and being “part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against the civilian population.” A timeline of Charles Taylor’s rise and fall and the Liberian and Sierra Leone conflictsJan. 28, 1948: Charles Taylor born in Arthington, Liberia, into a family descended from freed American slaves. Charles Taylor begins his defense against Sierra Leone atrocity chargesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, on trial for war crimes, wants to set the record straight about his role in a savage civil war that tore apart Sierra Leone and left hundreds of thousands dead or mutilated, his lawyer said Monday. Ex-Liberian President Taylor to begin his defense against Sierra Leone atrocity chargesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — For a year, prosecution witnesses accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of atrocities ranging from cannibalism to commanding Sierra Leone rebels who hacked off villagers’ limbs, and of selling weapons and ammunition in exchange for so-called blood diamonds. Charles Taylor to begin his defense against Sierra Leone atrocity chargesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Charles Taylor begins his defense Monday against charges he led rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered, raped and mutilated villagers in a brutal terror campaign during the country’s civil war. Truth commission report recommends barring Liberian president, dozens of others from officeMONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s truth and reconciliation commission has recommended barring President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and 50 other high-profile figures from public office for three decades for supporting armed groups in the country’s civil wars. Liberian commission recommends prosecution for Charles Taylor, other warlordsMONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s truth and reconciliation commission recommended Thursday that ex-President Charles Taylor and seven other former warlords be prosecuted for crimes against humanity for their alleged roles in the West African country’s civil war. Study for World Bank finds major governance improvements in Botswana, other African countriesWASHINGTON — Several African nations are among those that have made great improvements in how their people are governed, with Botswana even on a par with many more-developed Western nations, the World Bank and the Brookings Institution said in a report released Monday. World Vision in Liberia officials charged with theft involving more than $1 million in US aidWASHINGTON — Three former officials with a Christian humanitarian organization have been accused of massive fraud involving more than $1 million worth of U.S. aid to Liberia, stealing food and construction materials meant to help people of the African nation recover from a 14-year civil war. Delta Air Lines postpones flights to Kenya, Liberia; US needs more time to consider plansATLANTA — Delta Air Lines Inc. had to scrap its much-anticipated inaugural flight Tuesday from the U.S. to Kenya because the U.S. government says it won’t allow the world’s largest airline operator to serve that route until security concerns in and around Nairobi are resolved. Amid hubbub of bodyguards and cameras, Liberia’s president pays visit to Fla. schoolchildrenTAMPA, Fla. — Fidgety boys and girls in school uniforms gawked as the sport utility vehicles rolled up. Teachers snapped pictures, bodyguards stood watch and Liberia’s female president stepped out of a car at a Tampa preparatory school. Court dismisses motion for Charles Taylor’s early acquittal, orders war crimes trial to go onTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges on Monday rejected a request by former Liberian President Charles Taylor for an immediate acquittal on war crimes charges, saying he must answer allegations that he was part of a campaign to terrorize Sierra Leone’s population through murder, rape and mutilation. Thai protesters who rioted in Bangkok last week call for new rally afterBANGKOK — Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who rioted in Bangkok last week called Friday for a new protest rally, just hours after Thailand’s current leader lifted an emergency decree and said the country had returned to normal. |
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