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Charles Taylor, former leader of Liberia, found guilty of war crimes

A special court for the United Nations Thursday announced that its judges had found CHarles Taylor, the former president of the West African nation of Liberia, guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during Sierra Leone’s civil war. The verdict is the penultimate moment of a five-year trial, with sentencing scheduled for May.

Liberia’s Charles Taylor Guilty of Aiding Sierra Leone War Crimes

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