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Monrovia,
Thursday, April 25, 2013
About 40 people, including two firefighters, were feared dead after a residential building caught fire and collapsed in the Liberian capital Monrovia, officials said on Thursday. “More than...
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Leidschendam (The Netherlands),
Thursday, May 31, 2012
A U.N.-backed war crimes court sentenced the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, to 50 years in jail on Wednesday for arming rebels in Sierra Leone in return for “blood diamonds.”
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MONROVIA,
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Liberian incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's party vowed on Sunday that she would contest a run-off presidential vote even if the opposition boycotts the polls, fanning fears of new violence in the...
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MONROVIA,
October 11, 2011
Liberians lined up in the pouring rain outside polling stations Tuesday to vote as incumbent president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf sought a second term only days after jointly winning the Nobel Peace Pr...
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GENEVA,
January 11, 2011
The U.N. refugee agency says 25,000 Ivorian civilians have fled to Liberia fearing an outbreak of violence in Ivory Coast because of the disputed presidential election.A spokesman for the U....
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JOHANNESBURG,
August 19, 2010
The ex—chief of a Nelson Mandela charity is cutting ties with the organization because of a scandal involving a supermodel and a warlord.The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund said o...
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JOHANNESBURG,
August 5, 2010
Nelson Mandela’s charity says it did not receive the diamonds Naomi Campbell testified she gave to its former head. Ms. Campbell said on Thursday that she gave the stones to a f...
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Abuja,
February 11, 2010
Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, who met with an accident in the African nation of Liberia, is expected to be airlifted on Thursday to Chennai for further medical treatment.Doctors a...
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MONROVIA, Liberia,
October 7, 2011
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee used different tactics to confront thugs and killers in war-ravaged Liberia, with one challenging a feared warlord for the presidency and the other taking t...
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December 18, 2010
Judges in one of the world’s most controversial war crimes trials have been deliberately slowing down proceedings, senior U.S. officials believe, causing significant delays to proceedi...
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JOHANNESBURG,
August 6, 2010
Naomi Campbell’s friend said on Friday that he had handed over three small uncut diamonds to South African authorities after the supermodel testified at the Hague she had given him the...
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LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands,
August 5, 2010
Naomi Campbell testified before the war crimes tribunal on Thursday, confirming that she had received some “dirty—looking stones” after a dinner with former Liberian ruler...
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NEW DELHI,
February 9, 2010
An Indian Air Force aircraft with the required medical support on board will bring back the injured Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vyalar Ravi to Chennai on Wednesday night from Abidjan, the...
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