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      Sunday 26 May  
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      A TV grab released by the Special Court for Sierra Leone shows Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor stands as he listens to the judge delivering the sentence at a hearing in Leidschendam. In Liberia, where Taylor's name elicits both hatred and fierce loyalty, some said Wednesday they felt humiliated by the 50-year jail sentence for their former head of state.
      Bulletin: Taylor sentence a humiliation for some in Liberia

      Bulletin: Taylor sentence a humiliation for some in Liberia

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      Sierra Leone civil war amputees play football on a beach in Freetown in 2006. People multilated by Sierra Leone rebels backed by Charles Taylor welcomed a 50-year prison term imposed on the Liberian former warlord.
      Bulletin: S.Leone amputees welcome Taylor sentence

      Bulletin: S.Leone amputees welcome Taylor sentence

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      A masked rebel loyal to Charles Taylor patrols Monrovia in 1990 during fighting with troops loyal to President Samuel Doe. Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, the first former head of state to be sentenced in a war crimes trial by a global court since 1946, was once one of Africa's most feared warlords.
      Bulletin: Charles Taylor: lay preacher and feared warlord

      Bulletin: Charles Taylor: lay preacher and feared warlord

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      An audience in Freetown, Sierra Leone, watches the verdict being handed down by a court in the Hague, last month on Liberian warlord Charles Taylor (on screen). Taylor faces sentencing for war crimes by a special UN court Wednesday for arming Sierra Leone's rebels who paid him in "blood diamonds".
      Bulletin: Liberian warlord Charles Taylor faces sentencing

      Bulletin: Liberian warlord Charles Taylor faces sentencing

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      Convicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor (seen here during the judgement hearing of his trial in April 2012) accused UN prosecutors Wednesday of paying witnesses to testify against him as he addressed a war crimes court in The Hague.
      Bulletin: Convicted Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses

      Bulletin: Convicted Taylor says prosecutors paid witnesses

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      Former Liberian President Charles Taylor takes notes at the start of the judgement hearing of his trial in April 2012. The chief prosecutor in the trial of Taylor has sought an 80-year sentence after the Liberian former president's conviction for war crimes, according to a document made public Thursday.
      Bulletin: Prosecutor seeks 80 years for Liberian strongman Taylor

      Bulletin: Prosecutor seeks 80 years for Liberian strongman Taylor

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      The trial of Liberian ex-leader Charles Taylor (on screen) taking place at the Hague, is broadcast inside the Special Court in Freetown in April 2012. Taylor's conviction for aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone is a trap for all African leaders, a spokesman for the Taylor family said Tuesday.
      Bulletin: Taylor trial a threat to Africa: family spokesman

      Bulletin: Taylor trial a threat to Africa: family spokesman

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      Former Liberian president Charles Taylor (rear C) waits for the start of the judgement hearing April 26, at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, in Leidschendam outside The Hague. Nations, rights groups and victims hailed a historic verdict after Taylor was convicted Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone.
      Bulletin: World hails Taylor war crimes conviction

      Bulletin: World hails Taylor war crimes conviction

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      A victim in Freetown watches the trial of Liberian ex-leader Charles Taylor in the Hague. The international community roundly cheered his conviction as a historic precedent that paves the way for future trials against criminal heads of state.
      Bulletin: Charles Taylor guilty of S. Leone war crimes

      Bulletin: Charles Taylor guilty of S. Leone war crimes

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      People in Sierra Leone hold banners as the trial of Liberian ex-leader Charles Taylor in the Hague, is broadcast inside the Special Court, in Freetown. Taylor was convicted of arming rebels during Sierra Leone's civil war in return for blood diamonds, in a historic verdict for international justice.
      Bulletin: Cheers, quiet relief in S. Leone as Taylor found guilty

      Bulletin: Cheers, quiet relief in S. Leone as Taylor found guilty

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