BBC: Liberia's former President Charles Taylor has appeared at his war crimes trial in The Hague for the first time. Wearing a blue suit and a yellow tie, Mr Taylor, 59, turned up after the judge had explained why his trial would again be delayed – until 20 August.
The delay is to appoint a defence team after Mr Taylor sacked his lawyer. He has boycotted previous hearings.
He denies charges of backing rebels in Sierra Leone in an 11-year campaign that killed thousand of civilians.
This is the first war crimes trial against a former African head of state.
Mr Taylor has said the trial, which began last month, would not be fair.
