First witnesses to testify against Liberia's Charles Taylor
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Prosecutors will call their first witnesses to the stand on Monday in the delayed trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, charged with orchestrating atrocities in Sierra Leone.
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THE HAGUE, Jan 18 (IPS) - After a delay of six months, the Charles Taylor  case resumed at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Jan.  7. The former president of Liberia is charged with crimes against  humanity and war crimes during the civil war in Sierra Leone  (1991-2001), including murder, rape, enslavement, acts of  terrorism and the recruitment of child soldiers.
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The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was indicted Wednesday on U.S. charges of committing torture as chief of a paramilitary unit during his father's regime.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of his war crimes trial, calling it a "charade" in a letter read by his attorney, Karim Ahmad Khan. In the same letter, Taylor also dismissed Khan from the case and asked to represent himself.
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The first State witness in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in the Durban High Court is set to take the stand shortly.
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Liberia's former President Charles Taylor stayed away from the start of his war crimes trial at The Hague on Monday, saying he had lost confidence in the U.N.-backed court for Sierra Leone.
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Former Liberian president Charles Taylor appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since the start of his trial for atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's bloody 10-year civil war.
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Judges in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Tuesday allowed video of victims describing how they were sexually assaulted or dismembered by rebels who plundered West African diamond fields.
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An insider once close to Charles Taylor will testify that the toppled Liberian president had links to militias who rampaged through Sierra Leone, the chief prosecutor said Friday.
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Former Liberian President Charles  Taylor, who is on trial for atrocities committed in Sierra  Leone&#39;s civil war, would if convicted serve his sentence in  Britain under an agreement made by British authorities.
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Robert Blake's first wife and the adult daughter of his slain second wife took the witness stand at the actor's murder trial Thursday, testifying about Blake's troubled relationship with Bonny Lee Bakley.
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The U.N.-backed Special Court for   Sierra Leone has set a provisional start date to try Charles   Taylor on April 2, 2007, the court said on Friday.
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The international war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor reopened Monday, six months after it was adjourned when he boycotted the opening session and fired his attorney
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Family and friends of Charles Taylor  held a church service on Sunday in support of the former  Liberian president, on the eve of his trial in The Hague on 11  counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Charles Taylor's defense attorney argued Friday that a key prosecution witness at the former Liberian president's war crimes trial was mentally unstable.
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The former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, goes on trial for war crimes after a conflict in which thousands died.
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The Malawi government  promises to make a statement about the fate of a key witness in two trials.