Taylor claims US sought to oust him from power Nov 10, 2009
THE HAGUE, Netherlands Charles Taylor claims he was indicted for war crimes as part of a U.S. "regime change" plan to gain control of West African oil reserves. The former Liberian president has made the allegation in a typically defiant final day of direct testimony in his own defense at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Liberia’s Taylor denies bloody role Nov 10, 2009
Prosecutors say Charles Taylor provided arms, ammunition, and other support to the rebels in return for diamonds mined by slave laborers, in one case, smuggled out in a mayonnaise jar. There are no diamonds running in and out [of Liberia] by the mayonnaise jar-full, said Taylor, 61. (Boston Globe)
Kenya: Govt to Back Out of Deal With World Court? Nov 9, 2009
Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was seized in Nigeria while Democratic Republic of Congo s Jean Pierre Bemba was cornered in the suburbs of Brussels in Belgium. The African Union has been complaining that the ICC has been quick to target leaders from the continent but did not pursue with as much zeal other violators of human rights from Europe, United States and Asia. (allAfrica.com)
ICC shows bold side Nov 9, 2009
The trials of the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and of Charles Taylor of Liberia required special decisions by the United Nations. The chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who showed his determination as a prosecutor in Argentina when he acted against former junta leaders for the massacre of civilians, said in his presentation of evidence that Mr Bashir "committed the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur". (BBC News -- Africa)
International prosecution of senior Kenyan politicians for post-election violence looks inevitable Nov 9, 2009
Unlike other cases on the ICC docket, including the trials of former Liberian president Charles Taylor and former Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic, the case on Kenyan post-election violence has an almost perfect connect-the-dots trail of evidence between a few top Kenyan leaders and the violence that killed some 1,500 civilians. Roughly 1,100 victims were killed in mob attacks and 400 more were killed by the Kenyan police. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Price of justice Nov 7, 2009
The Special Court indicted 13 people, including the then-sitting Liberian President Charles Taylor. The others came from the RUF, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council military junta which ruled the country for nine months in 1997/8, and the pro-government civil militia group known as the Kamajors. (BBC News -- Africa)
Liberia: Taylor Accuses Britain of Violating UN Arms Embargo Nov 7, 2009
Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country ... This is not Charles Taylor talking ... I see big disappointment for you when Charles Taylor is set free next year. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Taylor Confirms Testimony of Ex-Vice President Nov 5, 2009
com: Liberia: Almost All Of Moses Blah's Testimony Is True; Journalist Hassan Bility Is A Liar, Charles Taylor Tells Special Court for Sierra Leone (Page 1 of 1) ... Almost All Of Moses Blah's Testimony Is True; Journalist Hassan Bility Is A Liar, Charles Taylor Tells Special Court for Sierra Leone ... In a surprising move, Charles Taylor today reinforced the truthfulness of his former vice president's testimony against him last year, but dismissed the evidence of a Liberian journalist as full... (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Eight Men Found Guilty of War Crimes Transferred to Rwanda Nov 3, 2009
The remaining trial, involving former Liberian president Charles Taylor, is continuing at The Hague, where it was moved for security reasons. Be the first to. (allAfrica.com)
Liberian President Backs Bid To Move Taylor Trial to Hague Nov 1, 2009
MONROVIA, Liberia, March 30 -- President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said Thursday that she supported a bid to move the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor from neighboring Sierra Leone to The Hague and that Taylor's dignity and rights must be guaranteed as the case advanced. "In any proceedings, the United Nations must allow Mr. Taylor to maintain his dignity and a vigorous self-defense that is consistent with the principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty,"... (Yahoo News -- Hague War Crimes Tribunal)
African women look within for change Nov 1, 2009
Gbowee, a , was the focus of the documentary "Pray the Devil Back to Hell," which shows how women confronted then-Liberian President Charles Taylor with a demand for peace to end a bloody 14-year civil war. Led by Gbowee, Liberian women locked arms and refused to let Taylor's representatives out of negotiations in Ghana until they had reached a peace agreement. (CNN -- International)
Uganda: Row Over Otunnu Stops Liberia Leader's Visit to Country Oct 31, 2009
President Sirleaf is currently under immense pressure at home to resign as the Liberian peace and reconciliation tribunal investigates her role in the civil war led by former President, Charles Taylor, in whose government she served. TOP FDC WOMEN. (allAfrica.com)
Timeline: Liberia Oct 30, 2009
1989 - National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) led by Charles Taylor begins an uprising against the government ... Charles Taylor wins a landslide and his National Patriotic Party wins a majority in the National Assembly ... Charles Taylor leaves Liberia after handing power to his deputy Moses Blah. (BBC News -- Africa)
Why Won't They Just Drag Karadzic to Court? Oct 30, 2009
Likewise, former Liberian President Charles Taylor, accused of orchestrating a bloody civil war in Sierra Leone, boycotted the first session of his trial at The Hague, in June 2007. The proceedings were held up for many months before Taylor agreed to attend with a new defense lawyer. (Slate)
Bulldogs go undefeated Oct 29, 2009
The coaching staff consists of (l-r) Jeff Dorsey, Mickey Stevens, Bruce Jones, Mike Godek, Kern Halls, Head Coach Bobby Clark, Shawn Carroll, Charles Taylor, Josh Wolfal and Travis Mathias. Coach Clark thanked the team s supporting parents and team moms Susan Townsend and Tracy Dunham. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)
Liberia: Taylor Denies Planning Operations With Sierra Leonean Rebels Oct 29, 2009
com: Liberia: Charles Taylor Did Not Plan Any Operations With Sierra Leonean Rebels, He Says (Page 1 of 1) ... Charles Taylor Did Not Plan Any Operations With Sierra Leonean Rebels, He Says ... Charles Taylor did not plan any operations with Sierra Leonean rebels during the country's 11-year civil conflict, he told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today at his trial in The Hague. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Taylor Denies Sending Rebels to Attack Ivory Coast Oct 28, 2009
Charles Taylor today denied allegations that he sent rebel forces to attack Ivory Coast as part of any grand plan to destabilize the West African sub-region ... "I had absolutely no contact with Sam Bockarie after he left Liberia in 2001. Once Bockarie left Liberia, I Charles Taylor and my government had nothing to do with him," he said today in his testimony ... "My God, how does Charles Taylor, in 2000, expel Bockarie?" Mr. Taylor asked. (allAfrica.com)
Playing the Race Card at War Crimes Trial Oct 28, 2009
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, right, sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court prior to the hearing of witnesses in the trial against him in The Hague in this January 7, 2008 file photo. (MICHAEL KOOREN/AFP/Getty Images). (ABC News)
UN winds down Sierra Leone court Oct 27, 2009
The only remaining case is that of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor, who is currently on trial in The Hague. He is accused of backing rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in an attempt to overthrow Sierra Leone's government. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sierra Leone: Court Hands Down Final Rulings on Ex-Rebels Oct 27, 2009
com: Sierra Leone: UN-Backed Court Hands Down Final Rulings (Page 1 of 1). UN-Backed Court Hands Down Final Rulings. (allAfrica.com)
S Leone war crimes court slammed Oct 24, 2009
Thirteen indictments have been issued so far, among them the former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, accused of backing the RUF in exchange for diamonds. The trials follow more than two years of investigation into crimes carried out during the bloody conflict and are seen as a test of whether the court, a combination of international and domestic law, can provide justice. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
Liberia: Brumskine Alerts NEC, Calls By-Election 'Dress-rehearsal for 2011' Oct 23, 2009
The former president pro-tempore of the Liberian Senate during the Charles Taylor administration traced the history of Liberia's peace jeopardy to supposedly rigged general and presidential elections in 1985 when Samuel Doe's PRC junta metamorphosed into a civilian administration, thanks to the National Democratic Party of Liberia (NDPL) ... He said even though the 1997 elections, which Charles Taylor "won", and the 2005 elections, which President Sirleaf won, saw little changes in terms of the... (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Brumskine Threatens Legal Battle Oct 20, 2009
In an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) while in Washington, , Mr. Brumskine, once Senate Pro-Tempore in the Charles Taylor regime, said the President has refused to have some of her nominees face the Senate for confirmation as is required by law ... Urey, the former chief of Liberia's Bureau of Maritime Affairs under Charles Taylor, is accused of obtaining a vast majority of his wealth through illegal means. (allAfrica.com)
Liberian President Backs Bid To Move Taylor Trial to Hague Oct 20, 2009
MONROVIA, Liberia, March 30 -- President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said Thursday that she supported a bid to move the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor from neighboring Sierra Leone to The Hague and that Taylor's dignity and rights must be guaranteed as the case advanced. "In any proceedings, the United Nations must allow Mr. Taylor to maintain his dignity and a vigorous self-defense that is consistent with the principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty,"... (Yahoo News -- Hague War Crimes Tribunal)
Rebels face Sierra Leone tribunal Oct 17, 2009
The tribunal has not yet been able to arrest the man accused of being the RUF's paymaster, former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Despite being indicted on 17 charges of war crimes or crimes against humanity, Mr Taylor is living a life of luxury in exile in Nigeria. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
UN rights council endorses Gaza war crimes report Oct 17, 2009
"Politically, this will die in the Security Council," said David M. Crane, an international law professor at Syracuse University and former prosecutor of the Sierra Leone tribunal, which indicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor. "Ultimately what is going to be done about the report is going to be a political decision and not a legal and procedural one," Crane said. (CBS News -- World)
Earl LeRoy Taylor Oct 17, 2009
Earl is survived by his wife, Helen; children, Laura Eschler, Rodger Taylor and Roy Taylor; grandchildren, Kathleen Gundersen, Rebecca Russell, Esther Wolfe, Jennifer White, Carl Eschler, Albert Eschler, Edwin Eschler, Robert Taylor, Laura Taylor, Aaron Taylor, Stephanie Taylor, April Henderson, Gabriel Taylor, Peter Taylor, Paul Taylor, Rodger Taylor, Rachael Taylor, Roy Taylor, Charles Taylor and Michael Wellard; and 32 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jennifer... (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
UN council endorses Gaza report Oct 17, 2009
Politically, this will die in the Security Council, said David M. Crane, an international law professor at Syracuse University and former prosecutor of the Sierra Leone tribunal, which indicted Charles Taylor, a former president of Liberia. Ultimately what is going to be done about the report is going to be a political decision and not a legal and procedural one, Crane said. (Boston Globe)
TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins for October 15, 2009 Oct 16, 2009
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Secret Agent Man Oct 16, 2009
Yet six years ago, with a stroke of his pen, Crane took down President Charles Taylor of Liberia - the most powerful warlord in West Africa. That's when he realized "the rule of the law clearly is more powerful than the rule of the gun.". (Daily Orange, NY)
* Liberian rebels joined Guinea unrest Oct 11, 2009
with elements from ULIMO and the NPFL that did that, that massacre, a military source in Conakry said on condition of anonymity, referring to the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), a rebel group that fought in that countrys brutal civil war and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) rebels that were led by ex-Liberian president and former warlord Charles Taylor. ULIMO members currently surround the head of the junta, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Guinea: Dadis Camara is Charles Taylor at Best, Pol Pot at Worst Oct 11, 2009
com: Guinea: Dadis Camara is Charles Taylor at Best, Pol Pot at Worst (Page 1 of 1). Dadis Camara is Charles Taylor at Best, Pol Pot at Worst ... Now we know Charles Taylor. (allAfrica.com)
Guinea: African Union, Ecowas Must Help End Human Rights Abuses [guest column] Oct 8, 2009
Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is facing justice before special proceedings of the Sierra Leone Special Court in The Hague. The international community should swiftly intervene to call for an international and impartial commission of inquiry into the killings of September 28. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: RUF Did Not Have Any Radio Stations and Operators, Taylor Says Oct 8, 2009
Charles Taylor today refuted testimony of a prosecution witness who said that the Sierra Leonean rebels had three radio stations and operators in Liberia, including one at the country's main international airport ... Doing the war, many many people run from LURD, MODEL, ULMIO and other to Charles Taylor for protection under the Liberia government ... It can not be Charles Taylor. (allAfrica.com)
NDCs Rawlings Called Ghanaian- Armed Forces Criminals Oct 7, 2009
Jerry Rawlings of Ghana and Charles Taylor of Liberia were the only criminal leaders in Africa dealing with drugs. During this summer I was in Ghana when a Panamanian ship with a full load of cocaine landed at the Tema harbor. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Liberia: Zig Zag Marzah is a Liar Oct 4, 2009
Charles Taylor neither did nor order Sierra Leonean rebel forces to attack the nation's capital Freetown and to free the group's leader from jail in 1999, he said during his trial in The Hague today. Mr. Taylor also dismissed as "lies" the testimony of one of his former commanders that he was the "boss" of both Sierra Leonean and Liberian rebel groups during both countries' conflicts. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Taylor Calls Prosecution Allegations Against Him Racist Oct 2, 2009
Charles Taylor today called prosecution allegations that he was involved in ritual sacrifice and cannibalism "racist" ... When Charles Taylor, his son and their ATUs were terrorizing innocent Liberians. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Taylor Denies Ordering Rebel Attack on Freetown Sep 30, 2009
Charles Taylor did nor order Sierra Leonean rebel forces to attack the nation s capital Freetown and to free the group s leader from jail in 1999, he said during his trial in The Hague today. Mr. Taylor also dismissed as lies the testimony of one of his former commanders that he was the boss of both Sierra Leonean and Liberian rebel groups during both countries conflicts. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: How Ghanaian Ecomog Commander Betrayed SGT. Doe Sep 30, 2009
Not withstanding the consistent threats and reports we were daily receiving concerning how Charles Taylor had boasted of destroying any ECOMOG troop that ventured into the Liberian soil, the Force Commander did not believe we were going to wage a war against the rebels ... On arrival, the information available to us was that there was a standing cease-fire between Prince Johnson who was commanding the Independent National Patriotic Front (INPF) and Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of... (allAfrica.com)
Liberian Refugees Showcase Music in Canada Sep 30, 2009
The man who began the war, Charles Taylor, is now being tried on war crimes charges at The Hague. Frishkopf hopes producing the CD and the music itself will help bring back some Liberia's culture lost in the conflict. (allAfrica.com)
Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Sep 30, 2009
Charles Taylor has denied war crimes charges. The court trying ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes has postponed the case until January 2008 ... Charles Taylor is the first former African head of state to face an international war crimes court. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Sep 26, 2009
Charles Taylor has said the court is not 'fit for purpose. The war crimes trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor has been adjourned until 3 July ... CHARLES TAYLOR CHARGES Acts of terrorism (WC) Murder (CAH) Violence to life, in particular murder (WC) Rape (CAH) Sexual slavery and violence (CAH) Outrages upon personal dignity (WC) Violence to life, in particular cruel treatment (WC) Other inhumane acts (CAH) Use of child soldiers (VHL) Enslavement (CAH) Pillage (WC) CAH: Crime against... (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Liberia: Taylor Denies Knowing of Plans for Invasion of Sierra Leone Sep 24, 2009
Charles Taylor did not have any knowledge of plans by rebel forces to invade Sierra Leone in 1991, he told told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today ... "May be he saw a ghost of someone looking like Charles Taylor, its all a lie," he said. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Taylor Did Not Order The RUF To Attack Guinea Sep 23, 2009
Charles Taylor today denied prosecution allegations that he ordered Sierra Leonean rebels to attack Guinea in 2000 to oust its then president, Lansana Conte, whom Mr. Taylor accused of supporting fighters to attack his own government in Liberia ... "I would be stupid, very stupid to do that. Keita, who I know had demonstrated his disloyalty as an enemy combatant, to recruit him among thousands, I Charles Taylor, will never do that," he said. (allAfrica.com)
The Imaginary Pirate of Globalization, Antoine Garapon, Eurozine Sep 23, 2009
Cultural citizenship responds to the multicultural context of contemporary societies: texts by Ivaylo Ditchev, Charles Taylor, Rada Ivekovic. Are wars that are fought between nations a thing of the past, and are the future challenges more a case of ethnic strife and break-up of failed states. (Harper's Magazine)
Sierra Leone: Taylor Denies Radio Contact With Foday Sankoh Sep 19, 2009
Charles Taylor today dismissed as "lies" the evidence of a former radio operator for Sierra Leonean rebel forces, who said Mr. Taylor had talked regularly to Sierra Leone's top rebel commander during the country's conflict, asked the rebels to build airstrips in Sierra Leone for weapon deliveries from him, and provided food to the rebel forces when in Monrovia. During his testimony in February 2008, the prosecution's 10th witness, Mohamed Perry Kamara, (alias King Perry) alleged that Mr. Taylor... (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Taylor Denies Commanding Rebels to Release UN Hostages Sep 16, 2009
Charles Taylor did not command Sierra Leonean rebel commander Issa Sesay to release the United Nations hostages, but rather conveyed the message of the international community that the peacekeepers had to be released unconditionally, he said today. "Its a lie. I did not command him. The only thing I did on the UN situation was to tell Issa Sesay to release those people and to realease them unconditionally," Mr. Taylor said. (allAfrica.com)
Lauding this 'good' terrorist is perverse Sep 14, 2009
But the prosecutor of the UN's war crimes court for Sierra Leone may take an interest: Gaddafi is accused as a co-conspirator with Charles Taylor, who trained in Libya along with Foday Sankoh, the leader of the rebels who razed Freetown in ''Operation No Living Thing. That court has held sitting heads of state have no immunity from prosecution, so an arrest warrant might validly detain him in New York. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
By what perverse process has the godfather of terrorism been allowed such a triumph? Sep 13, 2009
But the prosecutor of the UN's war crimes court for Sierra Leone may take an interest: Gaddafi is accused as a co-conspirator with Charles Taylor, who trained in Libya along with Foday Sankoh, the leader of the rebels who razed Freetown in Operation No Living Thing. That court has held that sitting heads of state have no immunity from prosecution, so an arrest warrant might validly detain him in New York. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Ghana: The Nigerian 'Re-Invasion' (i) Sep 13, 2009
Today, we know that the Rawlings-Abacha relationship was largely instrumental in "taming" Liberian warlord Charles Taylor and bringing relative peace to the West African sub-region as a result of their decisive and drastic action under the aegis of ECOMOG.. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Taylor Denies Ordering Assassination of Rebel Chief Sep 11, 2009
Charles Taylor today said he did not order the the assassination of one of Sierra Leone's top rebel commanders during the country's civil war, and dismissed as "lies" allegations that he knew that Sierra Leonean rebels were recruiting fighters in Liberia in areas controlled by Mr. Taylor's own fighting force. In a day of testimony focused on refuting prosecution witness testimony against him, Mr. Taylor told the Special Court for Sierra Leone "I did not order the killing of Sam Bockarie.". (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: 'Ghadaffi Should Apologize to Country' Sep 11, 2009
The goodwill ambassador said Ghadaffi was unlucky not to be in The Hague as his involvement was also equaled to that of Charles Taylor, noting "he helped destroy the country's infrastructure whilst he continues to make himself very rich out of our diamonds. "He trained most of the RUF and NPFL top commanders, including Foday Sankoh and Charles Taylor. He ripped us of our diamonds as he ran a trade cartel running through Liberia, Burkina Faso and Libya. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Taylor Disputes Testimony of Key Prosecution Witness Sep 10, 2009
Charles Taylor today made efforts to refute a prosecution witness' claim that Mr. Taylor was part of a common plan to destabilize West Africa. Between Febrary 8 to 11 2008, the Prosecution's eleventh witness, a Gambian named Suwandi Camara, testified that that Mr. Taylor, together with Revolutionary United Front (RUF) leader Foday Sankoh, and a Gambian rebel leader named Dr. Mani met in Burkina Faso and developed a common plan to destabilize West Africa. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Local Lawyer Given Top Post in Special Court Sep 9, 2009
A fourth trial, that of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is currently under way in The Hague. Be the first to. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Taylor Did Not Have Any Pact With RUF Leader Foday Sankoh for Mutual Assistance, He Says Sep 8, 2009
Charles Taylor and Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh did not have any pact to render mutual assistance to each other for their respective wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today at his trial in The Hague. "I had no pact with RUF leader Foday Sankoh for mutual assistance. That could not have been necessary," Mr. Taylor said. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia lays war victims to rest Sep 7, 2009
In 1994, Gbarnga - 40km (25 miles) south of Kolokpai - was headquarters of the NFPL rebel movement of Charles Taylor, who later became president ... The Liberian war killed more than 250,000 people between 1989-2003, and ended with the stepping down of Charles Taylor as president. (BBC News -- Africa)
Burkina Faso: New Claims on Sankara Killing [document] Sep 5, 2009
I am meeting with Liberian Senator Jewel Howard Taylor, ex-wife of Charles Taylor ... Today, General Momo Jiba - one of those who know the real story - gives us a glimpse of the goings-on during the reign of Charles Taylor ... HISTORIAN: What happened in the US with Charles Taylor is quite a remarkable story. (allAfrica.com)
Peace, love and sexual awakening Aug 29, 2009
Site Presented By Saturday, Aug 29, 2009. Can Ang Lee's gentle "Taking Woodstock" possibly capture the madness and mud of the legendary music festival. (Salon)
Political Idiosyncrasy, Ignorance, Sheila Jackson-Lee, or US Aug 29, 2009
Charles Taylor, a descendant of an African-American returnee and a high sea pirate, murdered his own people more than anybody in the history of Liberia, mutilated and vandalized humanity in his own country comparable to Adolf Hitler in his own Germany ... Today, Charles Taylor is fighting for his head under the European justice [not American ... What will Sheila Jackson-Lee do if she woke up the next morning to find her father-of-democracy behind bars for crimes committed against... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Charles Taylor on trial: Man of peace, man of war Aug 28, 2009
Charles Taylor on trial. Man of peace, man of war. (The Economist)
Liberia: Taylor Says UN Report on Diamonds and Guns was Biased Aug 28, 2009
Charles Taylor today said that a 2001 United Nations expert report, which accused him of providing military and financial support to Sierra Leonean rebels in exchange for diamonds, contained an expert who was unfairly biased against Mr. Taylor ... So in view of what Charles said today in regard to the UN's expert report on diamons and guns in this case there, it thus appeared that one must state that the prosecution of Charles Taylor at the International Criminal Court today may not be in lieu... (allAfrica.com)
Conservative Curriculum Quotas? Aug 28, 2009
John Rawls, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, J. S. Mill, J.-J. Rousseau, Howard Zinn, Robert Nozick, Ayn Rand, Russell Kirk, Paulo Freire, C. Wright Mills, Ludwig von Mises, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Oakeshott, Eric Voegelin, Albert Jay Nock, Reinhold Niebuhr, Charles Reich, Herbert Marcuse, Angela Davis, Alasdair MacIntyre, William F. Buckley, Barbara Ehrenreich, Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard, John Kenneth Galbraith, Charles Taylor, F.A. Hayek. Who is missing. (The American Conservative)
Sierra Leone: Taylor Claims Approval for Giving Asylum to Rebel Chief Aug 24, 2009
Charles Taylor last week told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that he had the approval of the international community to grant political asylum to Sam Bockarie after the rebel commander left Sierra Leone in December 1999. Mr. Taylor also told the judges that West African leaders unanimously agreed to change the leadership of Sierra Leone's rebel group when the group's leader Foday Sankoh was arrested in 2000. (allAfrica.com)
* The rise of anti-Muslim xenophobia Aug 21, 2009
None of their mostly neocon US authors was previously known for their knowledge of Muslim societies; all of them suffer the handicaps of what the philosopher Charles Taylor, in his introduction to a new collection of scholarly essays entitled Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship, calls block thinking, which fuses a very varied reality into one indissoluble unity. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Liberia: ECOWAS Leaders Changed Rebel Leadership, Says Taylor Aug 21, 2009
com: Liberia: ECOWAS Leaders Changed Rebel Leadership, not Charles Taylor Acting Alone, Taylor Says (Page 1 of 1) ... Liberia: ECOWAS Leaders Changed Rebel Leadership, not Charles Taylor Acting Alone, Taylor Says ... Charles Taylor did not use his personal influence or control over Sierra Leone's rebel force to choose a new leader when its head commander was arrested in 2000, Mr. Taylor told the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today. (allAfrica.com)
