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			<Headline><![CDATA[S Leone trio guilty of war crimes]]></Headline>
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			<Date>2009-02-25 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Sentence]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[First S Leone war crime sentences]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[UN-backed war crimes court has sentenced 3 leaders of a militia for murder, rape and mutilating civilians]]></Description>
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			<Date>2007-07-19 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Justice]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[First S Leone war crimes verdicts]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Three men have been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity during decade-long war]]></Description>
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			<Date>2007-06-20 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Taylor 'unhappy with jail food']]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Charles Taylor is not happy about conditions in the jail he was moved to last month, his lawyer
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			<Date>2006-07-21 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Taylor pleads not guilty of war crimes]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Former Liberian President is denying 11 counts of helping destabilize West Africa through killings]]></Description>
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			<Date>2006-04-03 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Trial]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Taylor appears in war crimes case]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Former Liberian President is making his first appearance at the UN-backed special war crimes court]]></Description>
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			<Date>2006-04-03 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Trial]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4871584.stm]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Taylor sent to war crimes court]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Former Liberian leader has been transferred to the UN-backed war crimes tribunal]]></Description>
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			<Date>2006-03-29 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[War crimes tribunal opens]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A ceremony attended by the president and UN officials. The court doesn&apos;t have the Liberia&apos;s ex-president Charles]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2004-03-09 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Trial]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA['Systematic rape' in civil war]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[All sides in 10-year war committed &apos;widespread and systematic&apos; sexual violence, the Human Rights Watch says]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2003-01-15 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Rape]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2662807.stm]]></URL>
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