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Actress Mia Farrow, left, is seen holding the bible being sworn on a screen in the pressroom of the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, 09 Aug 2010
American Actress Mia Farrow testified Monday at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. She told the court at The Hague that supermodel Naomi Campbell claimed in1997 to have been given a large diamond by Mr. Taylor after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela. However, Farrow's testimony1 contradicts Campbell's own evidence given last week.
The court questioned actress Mia Farrow about the events surrounding a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela in 1997.
Naomi Campbell in the pressroom of the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands.
The morning after the party, she said, fellow guest Naomi Campbell told her that Charles Taylor had sent her a diamond in the night.
"She (Naomi Campbell) said that in the night she had been awakened2, some men were knocking at the door, and they had been sent by Charles Taylor, and they had given her a huge diamond," Mia Farrow said.
Campbell's former agent Carole White also testified Monday. She told the court that Mr. Taylor had promised Campbell the diamonds over dinner.
Both White and Farrow contradicted what Naomi Campbell told the court last week.
She said she had been given what she called "a few dirty pebbles3" in the middle of the night. And she stopped short of saying she had known they were from Mr. Taylor.
Mr. Taylor is on trial for his alleged4 role in Sierra Leone's decade long civil war.
The Prosecution5 says that Mr. Taylor – then president of Liberia – controlled rebel forces in Sierra Leone who raped6, murdered, and mutilated thousands of civilians7.
Diamonds are central to the case
Prosecutors8 say Mr. Taylor traded diamonds mined in Sierra Leone for weapons, which he smuggled9 into the country.
They say the gift given to Campbell links him to these so-called "blood diamonds".
Although the three witnesses have varying accounts of the events 13 years ago, police in South Africa say the stones given to Campbell that night are, in fact, diamonds.
Campbell had given the stones to then head of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund Jeremy Ratcliffe, who recently handed them over to police.
"Yes, they are real diamonds," Police Spokesperson Musa Zondisaid. "We cannot tell whether they are 'blood diamonds' or not. That will be part of the investigation10 because you still need people to say 'yes I know these diamonds, these are diamonds which were given to me.'"
The appearance at The Hague of international celebrities11 has turned the world's attention to Mr. Taylor's trial. Human rights activists12 say it has helped to shine a spotlight13 on the violent consequences of the trade in illicit14 diamonds.
A spotlight they hope will remain even after the celebrities have left.
1 testimony | |
n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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3 pebbles | |
[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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5 prosecution | |
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营 | |
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v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸 | |
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7 civilians | |
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓 | |
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8 prosecutors | |
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人 | |
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9 smuggled | |
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10 investigation | |
n.调查,调查研究 | |
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11 celebrities | |
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉 | |
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n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 ) | |
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n.公众注意的中心,聚光灯,探照灯,视听,注意,醒目 | |
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14 illicit | |
adj.非法的,禁止的,不正当的 | |
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