Liberia's Taylor appears in court
637792
Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor appears at his war crimes trial in The Hague for the first time.
666632
Charles Taylor's defense attorney accused a key prosecution witness at the Liberian ex-president's war crimes trial Monday of falsely portraying himself as a close Taylor aide and of concocting evidence so prosecutors would keep paying his expenses.
505637
A Sierra Leone clergyman brought the horrors of his country's civil war to a courtroom Tuesday, becoming the first survivor of the carnage to testify at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
708508
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor complained Friday about "Eurocentric" prison food and limited access to telephones at his first appearance before a war crimes tribunal since being flown to the Netherlands for trial.
111590
Â· Ex-ruler of Liberia accused of crimes in Sierra Leone  Â· Taylor is first African leader to face prosecution
561371
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor goes on trial next week charged with instigating murder, rape and terrorism during Sierra Leone's civil war in a case prosecutors say could end impunity for African strongmen.
627742
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.
473437
A federal judge denied bail Friday for former Liberian President Charles Taylor's son, who was indicted last week on torture charges stemming from his time as head of a security force in his father's government.
646646
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.
668680
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, accused of orchestrating unspeakable atrocities during neighboring Sierra Leone's bloody civil war, goes on trial Monday &#151; the first African leader to face justice at an international tribunal.
32803
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Former Liberian president Charles Taylor plunged the start of his landmark war crimes trial into chaos yesterday by boycotting the hearing and firing his lawyer, saying he did not believe he would get a fair trial.
555655
The son of former British Prime  Minister Margaret Thatcher appeared in a Cape Town court on  Tuesday in connection with a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
249272
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted the start of his war crimes trial on Monday, saying he would not get a fair hearing at the U.N.- backed court where he is accused of atrocities in Sierra Leone.
408203
East Timor&#039;s ex-prime minister has been ordered to appear in court after failing to turn up for questioning last month over allegations he authorised a hit squad to be armed to eliminate his opponents.
390317
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of his war crimes trial Monday and his assigned lawyer walked out of court in a dramatic opening to the first such case brought against a former African leader.
582372
THE HAGUE, Jan. 7 -- The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president, heard its first testimony Monday and saw video of victims telling of being sexually assaulted or dismembered by rebels who plundered West African diamond fields.
132705
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.