Tyrant of Liberia is captured in border raid

Katharine Houreld in Monrovia and Alec Russell in Washington
Telegraph.co.uk
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Charles Taylor, once one of Africa's most murderous dictators, was arrested last night after two days on the run and handed over to United Nations officials to face trial for war crimes.The capture of the former Liberian president on the Cameroon/Nigeria border was greeted with delight in his homeland.
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Taylor was flown there briefly before being taken to a jail in neighbouring Sierra Leone where he faces multiple charges for crimes against humanity.His arrest followed an intense bout of diplomatic arm-twisting in Washington where Nigeria's president Olusegun Obasanjo was warned that he risked the cancellation of yesterday's long-planned meeting with President George W Bush if Taylor was not found.
Mar 29, 2006