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...Taylor's message is simple: He is unfairly treated; the West should help him, not isolate him; we have it wrong. "The government has reiterated its advice to journalists reporting on critical national events to seek clarification from the Ministry of Information before going public," read a recent front-page story in the government-run newspaper The New Liberia. "This will ensure that the true picture of the situation is projected." A story in the same edition blamed the imposition of sanctions and the border conflict on opposition parties based in the U.S. Another said that newspapers should stop writing...
Liberia's President Charles Taylor is not a happy man. Rebels based in neighboring Guinea regularly conduct raids across the border, while the United Nations recently announced an embargo on diamond exports from Liberia. Of course, the country has no diamonds of its own, but that's part of the problem: Taylor and his cronies stand accused of sponsoring the murderous, limb-chopping Revolutionary United Front rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone, a country with bountiful diamond fields. Taylor, who escaped from an American prison before returning to Liberia and fighting a bloody "liberation" war, denies he backs...
...Taylor had improved considerably over the past year, making significant gains in both health and confidence. After struggling with a hamstring injury during her junior year at Harvard, Taylor’s performances took off this past season. Her personal records progressed from 56.64 seconds at the Olympic Trials, to 56.11 seconds at Penn Relays in late April, to her current personal best of 55.88 seconds at the NCAA Championships...
...Taylor was not the only recent Harvard graduate to place beyond expectation on Saturday. Men’s track co-captain Chris Clever ’00, who placed ninth at NCAAs on May 30, rebounded to fourth place in the men’s javelin with a peak throw of 72.47 meters and beat 2001 NCAA champion John Steigeler of Oregon in the process...
...IAAF Outdoor World Championships will be held from Aug. 3 to Aug. 10 in Edmonton, where Taylor will look to augment Harvard track’s prominence at the international level...