Liberia's Taylor appears in Freetown's court for first time

    LAGOS, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, who on Monday became the first African ex-president to answer war crimes charges in the UN-backed special court in Sierra Leone, pleaded not guilty to all the indictments. <<Full Story

UN-backed court requests Taylor to be tried in The Hague

     LAGOS, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A UN-backed court for Sierra Leone said on Thursday it had asked the Netherlands to host the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor in The Hague for the west African region's stability. <<Full Story

Netherlands asked to host war crimes trial of former Liberian leader

    BRUSSELS, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The special tribunal for Sierra Leone(SCLS) has formally asked the Netherlands to host the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor in The Hague,the Dutch foreign ministry said on Thursday. <<Full Story

Liberian govt calls for change of venue for Taylor's trial

    MONROVIA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Liberian government has called for a change of venue for former Liberian president Charles Taylor's trial, barely 24 hours following the transfer of him to the UN-backed special court for Sierra Leone, where he is expected to face charges of war crimes. <<Full Story

Liberia's Taylor in Freetown's cell after years of exile

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor exits a United Nations helicopter upon arrival in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, March 29, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters)

    LAGOS/MONROVIA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Former Liberian president and war crimes suspect Charles Taylor was on Wednesday evening finally transferred to the UN-backed special court in Sierra Leoneto face trial, after his three-year exile in Nigeria, sudden disappearance, dramatic arrest and a short stay at his homeland. <<Full Story

Charles Taylor arrives in Sierra Leone

    NAIROBI, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The UN helicopter carrying former Liberian president Charles Taylor arrived in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown Wednesday at the UN compound of war-crimes tribunal where he is wanted for trial, according to reports reaching here from Sierra Leone. <<Full Story