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D. Liberia is bordered by Sierra Leone to the northwest, Guinea to the northeast, Cote d'Ivoire to the east and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest.
B. Taylor was accused of trading weapons for blood diamonds – diamonds mined in a war zone and and sold to finance a civil war, an invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. Also known as conflict diamonds, the trade is most common in Africa where about two-thirds of the world's diamonds are extracted.
A. The Nuremberg Trials of defeated Nazi German leaders were conducted by the winning Allied forces after World War II. Among the legal principles established by the trials was that someone acting as a head of state is not exempted from responsibility under international law. Also, no one can escape punishment for war crimes just because they were following orders of a superior.
C. The Dutch government agreed to have the court meet in the Netherlands only if Taylor would serve any sentence in another country. He will serve any prison term in Britain but will be held in The Hague until the results of his appeal - a process that could last up to six months.