Profile: Charges against former Liberian President Charles Taylor

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STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
06-20-2005
Profile: Charges against former Liberian President Charles Taylor

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

It's been almost two years since the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, was forced into exile. He went to Nigeria to end a civil war in his homeland. One of the conditions of his exile was that Taylor not meddle in Liberia's affairs or in politics in West Africa, but that is precisely what many claim Charles Taylor is now doing. A United Nations-sponsored war crimes tribunal in neighboring Sierra Leone ...

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