221 missing after Sierra Leone boat capsizes FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - More than 200 people, including many schoolchildren returning from holidays, remained missing Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea and left at least eight dead, police said. Liberia's Taylor rejects war crimes charges THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Charles Taylor retraced his rise to power in Liberia to war crimes judges Wednesday, casting himself as an anti-corruption fighter who ousted the military in a coup to restore democracy. Liberia's Taylor: War crimes case built on lies THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor testified at his war crimes trial Tuesday that the case against him was built on lies and misinformation, and he denied he had commanded and armed rebels who killed and tortured tens of thousands of civilians.
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