In a historic ruling, an international court today convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting brutal rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone in return for “blood diamonds”.

Judges at an international war crimes tribunal have begun delivering landmark judgments in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has again boycotted his war crimes trial in the Netherlands and his lawyer has asked for permission to appeal over the judges’ decision to reject his final written summary of the defence case.

Naomi Campbell said she had "nothing to gain" from lying during her evidence to the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

NAOMI CAMPBELL’S former agent was accused yesterday of telling a “complete pack of lies” about a gift to the supermodel of alleged “blood diamonds”.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell tonight said she had nothing to gain from telling anything other than the truth at the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

Naomi Campbell’s former agent was accused today of telling a “complete pack of lies” about a gift to the supermodel of alleged “blood diamonds”.

Naomi Campbell's former agent was accused today of lying when she claimed the supermodel knowingly received "blood diamonds" from former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell’s evidence in the trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been dramatically challenged by witnesses.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell’s evidence in the trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor was dramatically challenged today.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell named Charles Taylor as the person who gave her a “huge diamond”, actress Mia Farrow told the former Liberian leader’s war crimes trial today.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell said she received a “huge diamond” from Charles Taylor, actress Mia Farrow told the former Liberian leader’s war crimes trial in The Hague today.

Naomi Campbell’s testimony about alleged blood diamonds at a war crimes trial will come under scrutiny today.

PROSECUTORS were yesterday accused of scoring a “spectacular own goal” after calling supermodel Naomi Campbell as a witness in the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

Prosecutors were today accused of scoring a “spectacular own goal” after calling supermodel Naomi Campbell as a witness in the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell was accused of being not “entirely truthful” today after telling the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor how she was woken in the night and given a pouch containing “small, dirty-looking stones” following a charity dinner.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell told the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor today that she was woken in the night and given a pouch containing “small, dirty looking stones” after a charity dinner.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell told a court today that she met former Liberian leader Charles Taylor for the “first time” at a dinner hosted by Nelson Mandela.

War crimes judges today threw out a final protest against supermodel Naomi Campbell having to give evidence against former dictator Charles Taylor.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who has been avoiding international prosecutors for the past year, will be forced to appear on the witness stand in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

A WAR crimes court ruled yesterday that prosecutors can call supermodel Naomi Campbell to testify over a “blood diamond” she allegedly received from Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor.

PROSECUTORS want to subpoena supermodel Naomi Campbell to testify over a so-called blood diamond she allegedly received from Liberia’s ex-president Charles Taylor, court papers filed yesterday revealed.

IN AN unusual defence against war crimes charges, former Liberian president Charles Taylor has told judges that he saw nothing wrong with displaying the skulls of slain enemy soldiers at roadblocks.

In an unusual war crimes defence, former Liberian president Charles Taylor told a court today he saw nothing wrong with displaying the skulls of enemy soldiers on spikes at roadblocks

FORMER Liberian president Charles Taylor, on trial for war crimes, wants to set the record straight about his role in a savage civil war that tore apart Sierra Leone and left hundreds of thousands dead or mutilated, his lawyer said yesterday.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, accused of running a murderous band of rebels in pursuit of a fortune in blood diamonds, will tell the world he did nothing wrong when he takes the witness box at his war crimes trial tomorrow.

A BLOOD diamond expert and an account from a Sierra Leonean miner who said laughing rebels hacked off his hands and burned his family opened the war crimes trial against Liberia’s Charles Taylor yesterday.

Prosecutors in the Netherlands were due to call their first witness today in the international war crimes case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

Emotional scenes are expected tonight as the last Irish soldiers serving in Liberia return home, marking the end of Ireland’s four-year presence in the war-torn African country.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was expected to make his first appearance in a Hague court room in the Netherlands today for a hearing aimed at paving the way for his war crimes trial.

Irish troops are aiding in the transfer of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, to face prosecution before a war crimes court in Sierra Leone, it emerged tonight.

SWITZERLAND has ordered local banks to freeze accounts belonging to Liberian President Charles Taylor and his associates after a request from the UN-backed war crimes court in Sierra Leone, the government said yesterday.