The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: Cocaine Accused Wants Interpreter Replaced
- Journalist takes stand at Charles Taylor trial
- Sierra Leone: Government Minister in Election Scam

Sierra Leone: Cocaine Accused Wants Interpreter Replaced
AllAfrica.com Washington 
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );The query was supported by all other 13 accused who made their appearances on Friday unanimously calling for his replacement. Lawyer Turay representing the defence relayed the concerns of the accused noting that his clients were worried that the interpreter might be biased against them. Turay said he was instructed by the accused persons to crave the indulgence of the court to replace the interpreter especially as some of them can comprehend the English language. According to the accused the interpreter does not give accurate information to the court.

Journalist takes stand at Charles Taylor trial
International Herald Tribune France 
Hassan Bility is one of the last prosecution witnesses at the U. -backed Sierra Leone Special Court and his testimony may help link Taylor to Sierra Leone rebels who committed atrocities. A date has not been set for Taylor to begin presenting his defense. He is accused of arming and commanding Sierra Leone rebels from his headquarters in Liberia's capital Monrovia during Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war which ended in 2002.
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Sierra Leone: Government Minister in Election Scam
AllAfrica.com Washington 
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );bservers said his presence at the polling center was to deliberately woo voters to cast their ballot in favour of his party’s candidate Manley-Spaine. According to the party agent of the Sierra Leone People’s Party Francis P. Margai the presence of Pat-Sowe was to create avenues so that people would take advantage of the situation to perpetuate their plans of rigging the election. He said the transport and aviation minister was roaming about all the polling stations in the constituency even though he does not reside there. “His intention was to find ways of rigging the election in favour of his APC man lawyer Manley-Spaine” he charged adding that minister Pat-Sowe has no right to visit the various polling stations being that he was a cabinet minister. Margai said six of their supporters were unlawfully arrested by the police in the ensuing commotion and taken to the central police station.