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'Blood Diamonds' Trial Opens

War crimes court pleads for cash in case against former Liberian president

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2008 3:29 AM CST

(Newser) – The war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor is set to begin in The Hague after months of costly delays—forcing the court to ask for financial handouts to complete the proceedings. Taylor, 59, trained Sierra Leone's notoriously violent Revolutionary United Front in... Read full story »

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