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Naomi Campbell photo ban ordered at war crimes trial

Judges at The Hague have barred photographers from taking pictures of supermodel Naomi Campbell when she gives evidence at the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

Her lawyers would be allowed to intervene in order to prevent her answering a question that might lead to her incriminating herself, the court ruled.

A television feed of the court's proceedings would be broadcast as usual, it was reported.

Measures to protect witnesses' identities are usually granted at war crimes tribunals if there is a risk the witness, or their families, could be put in danger by their testimony....
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