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Nigeria slams 'US Taylor bounty'

Nigeria has reacted furiously to reports that the US has posted a $2m bounty for the capture of Liberia's exiled former leader, Charles Taylor.

A Nigerian spokesman said the US offer verged on state-sponsored terrorism and they would resist any attempts to seize Mr Taylor. snip

But a small clause in a bill signed into law this week by President George W Bush suggests they have not forgotten him. snip

The bill in question provides funds totalling $87.5bn for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But a small part of that budget refers to the provision of $2m reward money for the capture of what it describes as an indictee of the Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal - a clear reference to Mr Taylor.

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