Naomi Campbell Tells War Crimes Court Was Given Diamonds

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Thu, 08/05/2010 - 1:52am

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - British supermodel Naomi Campbell, testifying at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, said on Thursday she had been given a pouch containing diamonds while in South Africa in 1997.

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