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Liberia's Charles Taylor listens during a ceremony at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion after resigning as president and handing over to his deputy, Moses Blah, in this August 11, 2003 file photo. Taylor was absent at the start of his trial in The Hague on Monday by a U.N.-backed court for war crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war. REUTERS/Juda Ngwenya JN/

Liberia's Charles Taylor listens during a ceremony at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion after resigning as president and handing over to his deputy, Moses Blah, in this August 11, 2003 file photo. Taylor was absent at the start of his trial in The Hague on Monday by a U.N.-backed court for war crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war.

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THE HAGUE | Mon Jun 4, 2007 4:48am EDT

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Liberia's former President Charles Taylor was absent at the start of his trial in The Hague on Monday by a U.N.-backed court for war crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war.
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