Taylor's political rise and fall
China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-14 07:45
December 1989: Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia rebel group launches armed uprising in Liberia, sparking a conflict that leaves 200,000 dead.
1991-2002: Sierra Leone civil war.
Aug 2, 1997: Taylor elected Liberia's president following years of civil war.
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