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Life term sought for ex-Liberia rebel commander

Paris (AFP) - Prosecutors in France's first trial of a participant in Liberia's bloody civil wars on Monday sought a life sentence for a former rebel commander accused of crimes against humanity.

AFP

Liberian civil war torture trial of rebel commander opens in Paris

A rebel commander during the first Liberian Civil War, Kunti Kamara goes on trial in Paris on Monday for crimes against humanity, torture, and acts of barbarity, including the enslavement of an entire community in Lofa County, northwestern Liberia.

Radio France Internationale

Former Liberian rebel charged with war crimes awaits Paris trial

Kunti Kamara charged with torture, cannibalism and complicity in crimes against humanity during civil war between 1989 and 1996

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Liverpool Echo

Scientist claims he's solved Bermuda Triangle mystery of missing planes and ships

Karl Kruszenlnicki has said all eerie goings on can be explained by human error, bad weather, heavy air and sea traffic, despite the common belief that something supernatural is to blame

Daily Mirror

Liberian accused of leading rebel army charged with U.S. immigration fraud

A Liberian man who U.S. authorities say served as general in a rebel group that sought to overthrow the West African nation's president two decades ago was arrested and charged with immigration fraud, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Indiana candidate traded $1M lake home for garage apartment

Two southern Indiana congressional candidates switched their voter registrations from expensive homes outside the district just before launching their campaigns

The Independent UK

‘Putin is done’: US lawyer who indicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor makes case against Russian president

‘I’ve never seen the world come together like this’, ex-UN prosecutor David Crane tells Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

Witnessing atrocities in real time in Ukraine is changing everything

Daily on-the-ground evidence makes it more straightforward for the International Criminal Court to indict Vladimir Putin with war crimes

The Guardian - UK

Federal authorities arrest accused Liberian war criminal ‘Dragon Master’ living in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — A Liberian immigrant living in Philadelphia has been arrested by federal authorities and charged with fraudulently hiding his background as a high-ranking member of a rebel group — he called himself “Dragon Master” — that is accused of committing atrocities during a Liberian civil war.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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