The Special Court for Sierra Leone on Wednesday granted a motion that would allow Campbell to testify about a so-called "blood diamond" she allegedly received from Taylor.

塞拉利昂问题特别法庭星期三同意一项动议，允许传坎贝尔就所谓“血腥钻石”一案出庭作证。据称，这粒钻石是她从泰勒那里收到的。

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Sankoh,a former army corporal and photographer, led the first attacks on villages in a diamond-rich province of Sierra Leone in 1991.

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Prosecutors say Taylor gave Campbell a diamond during the war in Sierra Leone, contradicting Taylor's testimony that he never handled the precious stones that fueled the conflict.

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President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone rejected a ceasefire offer from rebels until they withdrew from diamond areas.

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It is to the shame of the whole world that a lack of transparency allowed the illicit diamond trade to fuel appalling conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

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