PROFESSOR TAYLOR WINS 2007 TEMPLETON PRIZE IN NEW YORK
John Templeton Jr. M.D. (L) awards Professor Charles Taylor from Montreal Canada and 2007 Templeton Prize Laureate from McGill University the $1.5 million dollar award to advance his studies on the relationship of language to art and theology, in New York on March 14, 2007. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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Appellate judges with the International Court of Justice are weighing former Liberian President Charles Taylor's appeal of his war crimes conviction.
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Lawyers for former Liberian President Charles Taylor said they launched an appeal of his 50-year prison sentence handed down by an international court.
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Any issues outstanding from mid-November elections in Sierra Leone need to be resolved according to the rule of law, a U.S. official said.
High voter turnout and a general sense of calm during weekend elections in Sierra Leone are signs of the country's desire for peace, the U.N. chief said.
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