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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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court needs more support from governments in Africa and leaders in the African Union, human rights groups said.
BOSTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Liberian dictator Charles Taylor, on trial for war crimes, was a U.S. intelligence asset, The Boston Globe reported.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Moscow is pressing the United States hard to repatriate arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was convicted by a New York court Nov. 2 on four counts of terrorism and conspiring to kill Americans.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Three women were awarded Nobel Peace Prizes Saturday at the Nobel ceremonies in Oslo.
MONROVIA, Liberia, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- With incumbent Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf all but guaranteed a victory, her spokesman said the country must chart a path of reconciliation.
MONROVIA, Liberia, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- More protests were planned in Liberia as counting gets under way for votes in the country's runoff election, a vice presidential candidate said.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Liberians were called on by the U.N. Security Council to ensure a runoff election for president goes as well as the first round of voting.
MONROVIA, Liberia, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The third-place candidate in presidential elections in Liberia said incumbent President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is "the lesser of two evils."
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