never heard of the country liberia before. i never heard of the term blood diamonds before. >> reporter: he's facing 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. and trading in blood diamonds, used to finance wars which he denies. that's where campbell comes in. she met taylor at a charity dinner hosted by nelson mandela in south africa 13 years ago. and today denied another witness's claim that she flirted with taylor. >> the witness heard mr. taylor tell miss campbell that he was going to send her a diamond. >> that's not true at all. >> reporter: the same night campbell testified two men knocked on her door and gave her a pouch with what she called some dirty-looking pebbles. >> i'm used to seeing diamonds shiny and in a box, you know. >> reporter: she testified she didn't know who gave them until she spoke to actress mia farrow and her agent the next day. one said it must have been charles taylor, potentially critical evidence against taylor, who denied ever dealing in diamonds. blood diamonds, a trade that despite

i never heard of the country liberia before. i never heard of the term "blood dimetsdz." so i assumed it was. >> charles taylor now faces 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over his alleged war orchestrating the civil war in neighboring sierra leon a conflict which costs tens of thousands of lives. he's accused of buying blood diamond. so for the prosecution lawyers linking charles taylor directly to uncut diamonds is important in building their case. they hoped that naomi campbell could put him there. >> are you a bit nervous? >> no, well, i didn't really want to be here. i was made to be here. i'm wanting to get this over with and get on with my life. this is a big inconvenience with me. >> one person said she flirted with charles taylor. >> you flirting with charles taylor, that's a complete lie. >> when i'm with miss mandela, my attention focus is with him. >> after two hours, the questioning was over. but for naomi campbell this may not be the end of the story. next week two other people with charles taylor, mia ferrell will give their testimony and

the prosecution was encouraged and organized by charles taylor in neighboring liberia, the prosecution alleges. charles taylor is also accused of supplying weapons to the rebels, in exchange for so- called blood diamonds. making the link between taylor and the diamonds is very important to the prosecution's case. >> what is alleged is that people like charles taylor were using rebel groups to take command of the diamond fields in order to fuel his personal ambitions and his role in liberia. >> the trial of charles taylor opened in the hague more than three years ago, and june 2007. first, he refused to attend. >> are you able to take -- tell the court what your client is not in court that >> but charles taylor finally testified, denying any association with rapists and murderers. >> in nine of those, have never been, and will never be, whether they think so or not. >> already the trial has heard from over 90 witnesses. >> and hacked one and two -- including ntt to get heroin -- amputees who gave harrowing accounts of their ordeals. >> it sends a clear signal around the world that no ma

i don't know anything about charles taylor, never heard of him, never heard of liberia before, never heard of blood diamonds before. i just assumed it was. >> carol taylor was eventually put on the u.n.'s most wanted list. he faces 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over his alleged role orchestrating civil war in sierra leone. it cost tens of thousands of lives. he is accused of selling blood diamonds to fuel that conflict, buying weapons for rebels, who were notorious for hacking off limbs of civilians. prosecution lawyers, linking charles taylor to uncut diamonds as important in building the case. they hoped naomi campbell would make that link, but she did not, instead complaining about being forced to give evidence she said could put her family at risk. >> i did not really want to be here. i was made to be here. obviously, i wanted to get this over with and get on with my life. it is a big inconvenience for me. >> when a statement from another witness from the dinner was put to her that she flirted with charles taylor, she denied it. >> you flirted with charles

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he is alleged to have provided arms to rebel groups that committed atrocities in liberia and neighboring sierra leone. the area is rich in diamonds. but he denied it ever being in possession of blood diamonds. naomi campbell met charles taylor at a charity dinner organized by nelson mandela and 1997. later that night, campbell received a gift from charles taylor. >> i had a knock at my door. two men were there and gave me a pouch and said, "a gift for you." >> she said they contained diamonds that resembled a " dirty little pebbles," but she did not know who gave her the stones. >> not know, i did not. it is not abnormal for me to get gifts. i get gives all the time, any hour of the night. >> naomi campbell is one of the last witnesses to testify at this trial. taylor has pled not guilty to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. >>> a polish court has ordered the extradition of an alleged israeli mossad agent. he will be tried in connection with the murder of a top hamas official at a dubai hotel in january. he is suspected of forging a german passport to help one of the me

. >> this man, the former president of neighboring liberia, stands accused of orchestrating those horrors, abusing so-called blood diamonds to fuel the war. charles taylor is on trial. this week, his case takes a curious twist. super model naomi campbell have been called to give evidence for the prosecution regarding this dinner she attended with mr. taylor and hosted by nelson mandela. >> after the dinner party, she was visited by a man who gave her diamonds and said that the diamonds came from mr. charles taylor. we believe that is important because it shows his possession of the diamonds close in time to the bringing into sierra leone of arms and ammunition. >> today, sierra leone is on the mend, and more blood, but plenty of diamonds. doug out by hand by men who still remember what the stones did to their country. that is used to kill people, to buy ammunition, which generations and has caught. >> africa's mineral wealth has fueled plenty of confidence, but the issue has rarely ended up in court. now, though, the british civil model has a chance to play a small but perhaps significant

it suggests he brought those diamonds from liberia, which would define them as conflict diamonds. >> another inconvenience for naomi campbell -- at breakfast afterward, she told me of pharaoh there were from charles taylor. -- she told mia farrow they were from charles taylor. >> she told me it men had been representatives of representative charles taylor and they had given her a huge diamond. >> naomi campbell admits to being careful of taylor. >> he has killed thousands of people, supposedly. i do not want my family in danger in any way. >> the prosecution alleged that because of this fear naomi campbell is a liar -- is lying about who gave her the diamonds. >> is your account truthful? >> that is not correct. >> at this point, charles taylor picked defense team intervened. naomi campbell was appearing as a prosecution witness. the rules prevent the prosecution from giving their witness a tough time. the prosecution tried unsuccessfully to have ms. campbell reclassified. next week, the court will hear a conflicting account from ms. campbell's former agent and the actress mia farrow

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thousands of tons of food other organizations lost a lot of other items we were able to response in fact liberia has been better covered than others now it is clear that only a fraction of the people has been covered satisfactory. problems of access just unbelievable unbelievable if you believe that i mean if you imagine that eight hundred thousand people is not a million i simply cut off. any where in the world that would be an unsurmountable challenge for any government for any action this is one of the massive as we have agreed destructions that have been ever faced in the in the in the world or it's in the you know century. with the flanders come from the north into the sea and then there is. a warning by the united nations that the disease is . a chronic disease would spread in the areas was affected what is the how the you were in will deal to. contain these diseases in the. fifty's well again the united nations has been present and working with the health authorities in the country again for decades on the over the kitchen of paul your etc so there is a capacity on the ground and again in

also there was then president of liberia charles taylor. >> this supports the prosecution allegations that mr. taylor received rough diamonds from the rebels in sierra leone and use them for his personal enrichment as well as to procure arms and ammunition for the rebels in sierra leone. >> charles taylor was arrested and brought to the hague five years ago. he is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the civil war in sierra leone. it is also alleged he traded weapons for uncut diamonds. it is the promise for evidence about these blood diamonds from sierra leone and naomi campbell 's deep reluctance to testify for the prosecution that are at the heart of this trial. bbc news in the hague. >> you are watching bbc news. still to come, a generous gift. some of america's richest people pledged to get at least half their money to charity. here in britain, the food standards agency says that meet from an infected cow has found its way into the food chain. >> it is normally quiet on new meadow farm, the scottish highlands faced the glare of the national media and off

> i don't know anything about charles taylor, never heard of him before, never heard of the country liberia before and never heard the term blood diamonds before, so i just assumed that it was. >> have you had any other contact -- contact -- >> no contact at all. never seen him again since the dinner table. >> at breakfast, you were told probably they were diamonds and probably they came from charles taylor, did you consider thanking him for the gift to you? >> i didn't thank him. i just looked for my friend jeremy and gave them to him. it not abnormal for me to get gifts. i get that all the time at any hour of the night. >> reporter: the man she says she gave the diamonds to was the director of the nelson mandela children's fund. >> my intention at that moment and time was to give them, find jeremy and give them to him. don't recall his reaction. i just said, take them, do something with them, and make sure children benefit from them. i didn't want to keep them. >> reporter: he could not be reached for comment today, but officials at the children's fund tell abc news there is no record of

the banks liberia's late by call is home to a goal that was strong. if not be here find out why an outspoken reality is done as a modern day icon capturing the american public's imagination. turkish police could soon be seen but churning the streets of germany it's part of a new plant bringing creasing the volatile immigrant communities in the country under control. and find critics say it's just another example of discrimination crystal tunk feels like a stranger in her own country daily she enjoys the summer parks and life here in this cologne suburb when not working as a doctor but she feels totally outnumbered. it all happened very solidly without anyone noticing much the german population will delay their children were taken out of the schools and suddenly there are literacy here. there are around two million turkish citizens living in germany with many more having the doc to german citizenship special worker recruitment agreements from the one nine hundred sixty s. made germany the destination of choice for turkish economic migrants. our immigra

, i don't know anything about charles taylor, never heard of him before, never heard of the country liberia before, never heard of the term "blood diamond" before. so i just assumed that it was. >> have you had any other contact with -- >> no contact, never seen him again since the dinner table. >> when at breakfast you were told probably they were diamonds and probably they came from charles taylor, did you consider thanking him for the gift? >> i didn't thank him, i just looked for my friend jeremy radcliff and gave them to him. it's not abnormal for me to get gifts. i get gifts given to me all the time, at any hour of the night. >> reporter: the man she says she gave the diamonds to, jeremy radcliff, was the director of the nelson mandela children's fund. >> my intention at that moment and at that time was to give them -- find jeremy and give them to him. don't recall his reaction. i just said, take them, do something with them. and make sure children benefit from them. i didn't want to keep them. >> reporter: radcliffe could not be reached for comment today but current officials at the

his country, liberia, or blood diamonds. and that she'd had no contact with him since the dinner. as for those pebbles, those diamonds, campbell says she immediately gave them to one of nelson mandela's children's charity, intending he use them for the charity. but she testified 13 years later, he still has them. meredith? >> martin fletcher. thank you very much. now here's matt. >> all right, meredith, thank you. we're now hearing the chilling 911 calls placed on tuesday from inside that connecticut beer distributor where a man went on a shooting spree, killing eight co-workers and then himself. peter alexander has details on that. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. this new 911 calls offer a glimpse inside that gigantic beer warehouse. 77,000 square feet, this crime scene was. as the gunman, omar thornton, was still in the middle of his attack, he was eerily cool, according to police. but this morning the story is as much about heroism as it is about loss. including the employees who tried to warn their coworkers and physically stop the gunman. here now some of those c

i don't know anything about charles taylor, never heard of him before, never heard of the country liberia before. i never heard of the term of blood diamonds before. so i just assumed that it was . >> the prosecution then posed the obvious question. >> where are these stones today? >> with. many ratcliffe. >> reporter: jeremy ratcliffe is the former head of nelson mandela's charity. many questions still remain. where exactly did these diamonds come from? are they still with jeremy radcliffe, the man she gave them to? but most importantly, are they the missing link between charles taylor and the funding of a civil war? it was certainly compelling theater, but the prosecution struggled to prove that taylor was behind the gift. and it may be another year before the court decides his face. >> holeman: in south africa, a spokesman for nelson man's l.a.'s charity said the fund never received the diamonds. the people of kenya have overwhelmingly accepted a new constitution: final results today showed 67% of voters favor it had draft document. it includes a bill of rights and paves the way for la

. >>> and conflicting testimony in the war crimes trial of the former ruler of liberia. his name is charles taylor. he is accused. using what are called blood diamonds to pay for civil war. actress mia farrow took the stand today. she was brought in to dispute the testimony of the super model naomi campbell. campbell testified last week that she received several small stones after a dinner party. but campbell claimed she didn't know what they were or who sent them. farrow was at that same dinner party 13 years ago. she said what campbell said wasn't true. >> as i recall it, she was quite excited and said, in effect, oh, my god, in the middle of the night last night, or last night i was awakened by knocking at the door. and it was men sent by charlie taylor. and he sent me, as i recall, a huge diamond. >> mia farrow and another witness also fetched campbell even flirted with taylor across the table. she is trying to show that there was trade that fuel the civil war in sierra leone. >>> one of two criminals who escaped from prison is in custody after he was captured in wyo

the former ruler of liberia is accused of using diamonds to finance rebels in sierra leone. actress mia farrow testified today at the trial in the netherlands. she recalled talking to british model naomi campbell in 1997 after a charity dinner that taylor also attended. >> as i recall, she was quite excited and said in effect, oh, my god, in the middle of the night last night or last night i was awakened by knocking at the door. it was men sent by charles taylor, and he sent me, as i recall, a huge diamond. >> sreenivasan: in her own testimony last week, campbell said she received several "dirty-looking stones." she denied knowing who sent them. prosecutors are hoping to link taylor directly to at least one blood diamond. honda recalled more than 380,000 vehicles today for a chronic ignition problem. the key can sometimes be removed while the transmission is still in drive, and the car can roll away. the affected vehicles are accords, civics, and elements from the 2003 and 2004 model years. it is the third time honda has issued a recall for this same problem since 2003. stoc

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