Bernard Madoff,70, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of fraud, money laundering and perjury in New York Federal court.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

He has pleaded not guilty on all counts. More than 100,000 people were left dead after Sierra Leone's Civil War, which ended in 2002.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Prosecutors in The Hague have accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of 11 counts of war crimes allegedly committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

As in traditional golf, each toss counts as a point.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03