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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Sierra Leone</title>
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		<title>Sierra Leone woman appeals for new election after officials said women cannot be chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Sierra Leone woman appeals for right to be chief

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — A woman barred from running for chief of her district because of her gender said Tuesday she has appealed for a new election and a place on the ballot.
Elizabeth Kumba Simbiqa Torto said she wants a new election because she believes the officials&#8217;  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sierra-leone-woman-appeals-for-new-election-after-officials-said-women-cannot-be-chief-244351/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer
EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE — The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed children who illustrate the remaining challenges, along .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/20-years-after-un-pact-to-protect-children-some-successes-alongside-a-long-list-of-woes-233335/">20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former British premier Tony Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone, now war is over</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meera Selva</dc:creator>
		
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UK&#8217;s Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone

LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair drummed up support Wednesday for investment in Sierra Leone, arguing that the west African country has recovered from its brutal civil war and could offer unmatched opportunities in agriculture and tourism.
With miles (kilometers) of untouched beaches and arable land, Blair encouraged ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-british-premier-tony-blair-encourages-investment-in-sierra-leone-now-war-is-over-231842/" title="Former British premier Tony Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone, now war is over">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberia president Taylor claims war crimes indictment was part of US regime change plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-Liberia president says US sought to oust him

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor clashed with a war crimes trial attorney Tuesday just minutes after she began cross examining him about his repeated denials of responsibility for atrocities by rebels during Sierra Leone&#8217;s brutal civil war.
Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberia-president-taylor-claims-war-crimes-indictment-was-part-of-us-regime-change-plan-224434/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Ex-Liberia president Taylor claims war crimes indictment was part of US regime change plan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Taylor claims his war crimes indictment was part of US regime change plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Taylor claims US sought to oust him from power

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Charles Taylor claimed Tuesday he was indicted for war crimes as part of a U.S. &#8220;regime change&#8221; plan to gain control of West African oil reserves, in a typically defiant performance.
The former Liberian president wrapped up 13 weeks in the witness box by ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/charles-taylor-claims-his-war-crimes-indictment-was-part-of-us-regime-change-plan-224225/">Charles Taylor claims his war crimes indictment was part of US regime change plan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>After 13 weeks, Charles Taylor nears end of testimony in his own defense at war crimes trial</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-13-weeks-charles-taylor-nears-end-of-testimony-in-his-own-defense-at-war-crimes-trial-223393/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Taylor nears end of testifying in his own defense

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor ended 13 weeks on the witness stand Monday by rejecting allegations that he commanded and controlled rebels who murdered and mutilated thousands of civilians during Sierra Leone&#8217;s 1991-2002 civil war.
Prosecutors say Taylor provided arms, ammunition and other support .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-13-weeks-charles-taylor-nears-end-of-testimony-in-his-own-defense-at-war-crimes-trial-223393/" title="After 13 weeks, Charles Taylor nears end of testimony in his own defense at war crimes trial">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Leone links up with India medics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FREETOWN -  Sierra Leone &#8217;s president has launched a satellite link-up so that doctors in his country can seek advice from their colleagues in India.

According to a BBC report, the system, known as telemedicine, will enable doctors in Sierra Leone to send X-rays and other data for analysis in better-equipped Indian hospitals. They will .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sierra-leone-links-up-with-india-medics-218553/">Sierra Leone links up with India medics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US Peace Corps to return to Sierra Leone after 16 years&#8217; absence: US official</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Peace Corps to return to Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — A US official says the Peace Corps will return to Sierra Leone after 16 years&#8217; absence.

Peace Corps Acting Regional Director for Africa Lynn Foden said Monday that 50 volunteers will arrive next June to work on secondary education projects. She says the number of volunteers ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-peace-corps-to-return-to-sierra-leone-after-16-years-absence-us-official-215317/" title="US Peace Corps to return to Sierra Leone after 16 years&#8217; absence: US official">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tribunal upholds sentences for 3 ex-Sierra Leone rebels convicted of crimes against humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Sierra Leone upholds sentences for 3 former rebels

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — An international tribunal has upheld the sentences for three rebel leaders convicted of crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone.
The appeals chamber on Monday upheld a 52-year sentence for Issa Sesay, a former leader of the Revolutionary United Front rebels.
Former rebel commanders Morris Kallon and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tribunal-upholds-sentences-for-3-ex-sierra-leone-rebels-convicted-of-crimes-against-humanity-207197/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Tribunal upholds sentences for 3 ex-Sierra Leone rebels convicted of crimes against humanity</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>World leaders seek global solutions to confront multiple crises</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — Global leaders on Thursday warned colleagues that coordinated international action to end the worldwide recession and reverse climate change must not fall victim to routine political divisions and pitfalls.

&#8220;Recuperation will be slow and time-consuming,&#8221; said President Zeljko Komsic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the U.N.&#8217;s newer nation-states, born from the breakup .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-leaders-seek-global-solutions-to-confront-multiple-crises-177697/">Original source &nbsp;: World leaders seek global solutions to confront multiple crises</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police arrest 2 attendants who survived a boat that capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Police say they have arrested two attendants who survived after an overloaded wooden boat capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing at least 30.

At least 221 people, including many schoolchildren, are still missing.
Local police Cmdr. McNie Kargbo said Saturday that police are also looking for the owner of the boat, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-arrest-2-attendants-who-survived-a-boat-that-capsized-off-the-coast-of-sierra-leone-166737/">Police arrest 2 attendants who survived a boat that capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: More than 200 missing, feared dead after boat capsizes near Sierra Leone&#8217;s coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — More than 200 people, including many schoolchildren returning from holidays, were missing and feared dead Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea, authorities said.

Thirty-nine passengers have been rescued so far off the coast of the West African nation, said Naval Lt. Cmdr. Mao Suma, who is in charge ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-more-than-200-missing-feared-dead-after-boat-capsizes-near-sierra-leones-coast-165241/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Police: More than 200 missing, feared dead after boat capsizes near Sierra Leone&#8217;s coast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: At least 221 people missing, 8 dead after boat capsizes near Sierra Leone&#8217;s coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — More than 200 people, including many schoolchildren returning from holidays, remained missing Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea and left at least eight dead, police said.

Some 39 passengers have been rescued so far off the coast of the West African nation, police official Ibrahim Samura said.
At least ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-at-least-221-people-missing-8-dead-after-boat-capsizes-near-sierra-leones-coast-164727/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Police: At least 221 people missing, 8 dead after boat capsizes near Sierra Leone&#8217;s coast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Leone boat capsizes with 150 aboard, police say 8 confirmed dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Police in Sierra Leone say a boat carrying 150 people has capsized on a river near the coast of the West African nation, killing at least eight people.

Deputy Police Inspector General Morie Lengor says 36 people have been rescued so far.
Lengor said Wednesday the boat was on the Rokel river traveling .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sierra-leone-boat-capsizes-with-150-aboard-police-say-8-confirmed-dead-164321/">Sierra Leone boat capsizes with 150 aboard, police say 8 confirmed dead</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>80 children drown as boat capsizes in Sierra Leone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FREETOWN - At least 80 children were killed when the boat in which they were travelling capsised off the coast of Sierra Leone capital during a storm, media reports said.

A total of 150 people, including children were on board the vessel at the time of the accident Wednesday. Officials said the engine of the boat .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/80-children-drown-as-boat-capsizes-in-sierra-leone-163912/">Original article &nbsp;: 80 children drown as boat capsizes in Sierra Leone</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Liberian president uses witness stand at war crimes trial to strike back at US</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Charles Taylor accuses the United States of gunboat diplomacy, of dumping him as part of a global policy of &#8220;regime change&#8221; and of hypocrisy on human rights. Defending himself in court against war crimes charges, the former Liberian president is hitting back at his nemesis.

On the witness stand for the fourth week in .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-liberian-president-uses-witness-stand-at-war-crimes-trial-to-strike-back-at-us-133769/">Former Liberian president uses witness stand at war crimes trial to strike back at US</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberian Charles Taylor lifts veil on life of guerrilla leader-turned besieged strongman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — In three weeks on the witness stand, Charles Taylor has painted a portrait of an African strongman — navigating rebellions and palace intrigue, and ultimately failing in a struggle to survive as Liberia&#8217;s president.

By turns vitriolic and professorial, Taylor is lifting a veil during his war crimes trial on the life of a .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberian-charles-taylor-lifts-veil-on-life-of-guerrilla-leader-turned-besieged-strongman-126796/" title="Liberian Charles Taylor lifts veil on life of guerrilla leader-turned besieged strongman">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor blames UN envoy for false charge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday blamed the beginning of his legal troubles on a former U.N. envoy who he claimed misidentified Liberians fighting in Sierra Leone as his men.

Taylor was testifying in his defense against 11 counts of war crimes for allegedly arming, training and financing rebels in Sierra Leone who .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-president-charles-taylor-blames-un-envoy-for-false-charge-125696/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor blames UN envoy for false charge</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Liberian president denies cannibalism allegations at war crimes trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor said Monday he was sickened by allegations at his war crimes trial that he ate human flesh, calling testimony by a former aide the lies of an illiterate man.

&#8220;I felt like throwing up when I heard that nonsense, and I think even the prosecution were shocked at listening ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-liberian-president-denies-cannibalism-allegations-at-war-crimes-trial-122342/">Former Liberian president denies cannibalism allegations at war crimes trial</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Liberian president denies at war crimes trial sending weapons to Sierra Leone rebels</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pointed to impassible roads and his country&#8217;s own mineral wealth Monday to deny key testimony at his war crimes trial that he had traded arms for diamonds in Sierra Leone.

Taylor, starting his third week of testimony at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, said neither .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-liberian-president-denies-at-war-crimes-trial-sending-weapons-to-sierra-leone-rebels-121853/">Source article &nbsp;: Former Liberian president denies at war crimes trial sending weapons to Sierra Leone rebels</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor calls key prosecution witness at war crimes trial &#8216;crazy&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor said Tuesday that a key prosecution witness at his war crimes trial was a low-level official who &#8220;went crazy&#8221; years before testifying against him.

Taylor used his fifth day on the witness stand at the Special Court for Sierra Leone to try to discredit witness Varmuyan Sherif, ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-president-charles-taylor-calls-key-prosecution-witness-at-war-crimes-trial-crazy-115930/">Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor calls key prosecution witness at war crimes trial &#8216;crazy&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor denies looting funds, blood diamonds from Sierra Leone war</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Monday challenged anyone to find a bank account of his holding illicit funds or &#8220;blood diamonds&#8221; from the civil war in Sierra Leone.

In his second week of testimony at his war crimes trial, Taylor denied any role in forming the guerrilla force that invaded Sierra Leone in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-leader-charles-taylor-denies-looting-funds-blood-diamonds-from-sierra-leone-war-115022/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor denies looting funds, blood diamonds from Sierra Leone war</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Liberian leader challenges anyone to find booty from the war in Sierra Leone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor issued a challenge at his war crimes trial Monday to find any bank account owned by him holding illicit funds or &#8220;blood diamonds&#8221; from the civil war in Sierra Leone.

In his second week of testimony in his defense, Taylor denied any role in forming the guerrilla force that  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-liberian-leader-challenges-anyone-to-find-booty-from-the-war-in-sierra-leone-115006/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Liberian leader denies role in creating Sierra Leone rebel group or invading neighbor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor denied on Monday that he had played any part in forming the guerrilla force that invaded Sierra Leone in the early 1990s.

In his second week of testimony at his war crimes trial, Taylor was categorical in rejecting the testimony of prosecution witnesses that he attended the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-liberian-leader-denies-role-in-creating-sierra-leone-rebel-group-or-invading-neighbor-114716/" title="Former Liberian leader denies role in creating Sierra Leone rebel group or invading neighbor">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor admits he allowed the use of enemy skulls at roadblocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In an unusual defense against war crimes charges, former Liberian President Charles Taylor told judges Thursday that he saw nothing wrong with displaying the skulls of slain enemy soldiers at roadblocks.

Taylor, 61, insisted he was trying to bring peace and the rule of law to Liberia as he testified in his ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-leader-charles-taylor-admits-he-allowed-the-use-of-enemy-skulls-at-roadblocks-111638/" title="Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor admits he allowed the use of enemy skulls at roadblocks">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor says his troops were trained to avoid atrocities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has told a war crimes court his band of rebel fighters were trained in Libya to avoid atrocities as they swept into the country in a 1989 revolution.

Taylor is on the witness stand for the third day at his trial for allegedly commanding rebels during Sierra ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-leader-charles-taylor-says-his-troops-were-trained-to-avoid-atrocities-111054/">Original article on  : Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor says his troops were trained to avoid atrocities</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor rejects war crimes charges, says he was a corruption fighter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The American CIA and Libya&#8217;s leader Moammar Gadhafi both had a hand in Charles Taylor&#8217;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.

Taylor sketched a turbulent African continent in the 1980s .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-leader-charles-taylor-rejects-war-crimes-charges-says-he-was-a-corruption-fighter-110099/">Source &nbsp;: Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor rejects war crimes charges, says he was a corruption fighter</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian leader portrays himself as corruption fighter in early years of rise to power</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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.

Taylor is charged with 11 counts of murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery and the use of child soldiers .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-leader-portrays-himself-as-corruption-fighter-in-early-years-of-rise-to-power-109960/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Ex-Liberian leader portrays himself as corruption fighter in early years of rise to power</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Liberian leader tells tribunal that war crimes case based on &#8216;deceit, deception, lies&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;disinformation, misinformation, lies, rumors.&#8221;

Charles Taylor, once one of West Africa&#8217;s most .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-liberian-leader-tells-tribunal-that-war-crimes-case-based-on-deceit-deception-lies-109352/">Former Liberian leader tells tribunal that war crimes case based on &#8216;deceit, deception, lies&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia&#8217;s Taylor ends 3-year silence, says war crimes case is deceit, deception and lies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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.

&#8220;I am not guilty of all these charges, not even a minute part of these charges,&#8221; he said from the ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberias-taylor-ends-3-year-silence-says-war-crimes-case-is-deceit-deception-and-lies-109295/">Liberia&#8217;s Taylor ends 3-year silence, says war crimes case is deceit, deception and lies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia&#8217;s Taylor takes stand, says war crimes case against him based on lies, misinformation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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.

Taylor, the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberias-taylor-takes-stand-says-war-crimes-case-against-him-based-on-lies-misinformation-108770/" title="Liberia&#8217;s Taylor takes stand, says war crimes case against him based on lies, misinformation">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia&#8217;s Taylor takes stand at The Hague to defend against murder, rape charges</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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.

The former Liberian president is charged with 11 counts of murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery, using child soldiers and spreading terror during Sierra Leone&#8217;s 1991-2002 civil war.
Prosecutors .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberias-taylor-takes-stand-at-the-hague-to-defend-against-murder-rape-charges-108729/">Liberia&#8217;s Taylor takes stand at The Hague to defend against murder, rape charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia&#8217;s Taylor to take stand at The Hague to defend against murder, rape charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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.

The first African head of state to be tried by an .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberias-taylor-to-take-stand-at-the-hague-to-defend-against-murder-rape-charges-108595/">Liberia&#8217;s Taylor to take stand at The Hague to defend against murder, rape charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia&#8217;s ex-leader Taylor to claim he was working for peace during Sierra Leone atrocities</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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.

The first African head of state to be tried by an .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberias-ex-leader-taylor-to-claim-he-was-working-for-peace-during-sierra-leone-atrocities-108341/">Liberia&#8217;s ex-leader Taylor to claim he was working for peace during Sierra Leone atrocities</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Taylor begins his war crimes defense against Sierra Leone atrocity charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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.

Taylor, the first African head of .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/charles-taylor-begins-his-war-crimes-defense-against-sierra-leone-atrocity-charges-107991/">Charles Taylor begins his war crimes defense against Sierra Leone atrocity charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor accused of several war crime charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[List of charges against Liberia&#8217;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 &#8220;part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against the civilian population.&#8221;

The court, based in Freetown, is trying Taylor in a courtroom rented from ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/list-of-war-crimes-charges-against-ex-liberian-president-charles-taylor-107926/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor accused of several war crime charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A timeline of Charles Taylor&#8217;s rise and fall and the Liberian and Sierra Leone conflicts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 28, 1948: Charles Taylor born in Arthington, Liberia, into a family descended from freed American slaves.

1970s: Lives in Boston area of the United States, earning an economics degree from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts.
1983: Flees Liberia after being accused of embezzling nearly US$1 million. He is later detained in the United States on a .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-timeline-of-charles-taylors-rise-and-fall-and-the-liberian-and-sierra-leone-conflicts-107801/">A timeline of Charles Taylor&#8217;s rise and fall and the Liberian and Sierra Leone conflicts</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Taylor begins his defense against Sierra Leone atrocity charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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.

Opening Taylor&#8217;s defense, British lawyer Courtenay Griffiths said Taylor would take ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/charles-taylor-begins-his-defense-against-sierra-leone-atrocity-charges-107695/">Original article on  : Charles Taylor begins his defense against Sierra Leone atrocity charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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&#8217; limbs, and of selling weapons and ammunition in exchange for so-called blood diamonds.

Now Taylor is giving his version of events at his trial before the U.N.-backed ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-president-taylor-to-begin-his-defense-against-sierra-leone-atrocity-charges-107212/" title="Ex-Liberian President Taylor to begin his defense against Sierra Leone atrocity charges">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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&#8217;s civil war.

The former Liberian president is accused of commanding and arming the rebels from his presidential palace in Monrovia.
Taylor, the first African head .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/charles-taylor-to-begin-his-defense-against-sierra-leone-atrocity-charges-107183/">Charles Taylor to begin his defense against Sierra Leone atrocity charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Court dismisses motion for Charles Taylor&#8217;s early acquittal, orders war crimes trial to go on</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 18:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 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&#8217;s population through murder, rape and mutilation.

The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone ordered Taylor&#8217;s trial .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-dismisses-motion-for-charles-taylors-early-acquittal-orders-war-crimes-trial-to-go-on-51224/" title="Court dismisses motion for Charles Taylor&#8217;s early acquittal, orders war crimes trial to go on">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — War crimes judges say they have dismissed a motion to acquit former Liberian President Charles Taylor because he may have been responsible for mass murder, rape and mutilations in Sierra Leone&#8217;s brutal civil war.

The decision by the Special Court for Sierra Leone means Taylor must now present his defense on 11  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/war-crimes-court-dismisses-motion-for-charles-taylors-early-acquittal-orders-trial-to-go-on-51114/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Leone sends 3 men to US to face drug-smuggling charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone authorities say three men convicted of drug smuggling have been sent to the U.S. where they are wanted on similar charges.

Sierra Leone and U.S. Embassy officials said Wednesday the three were flown from the West African country shortly after they were sentenced Tuesday to five-year prison terms along with .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sierra-leone-sends-3-men-to-us-to-face-drug-smuggling-charges-33541/">Sierra Leone sends 3 men to US to face drug-smuggling charges</a>.]]></description>
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