THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 03, SPA -- Former Liberian president Charles Taylor appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since the start of his trial for atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's bloody 10-year civil war. Wearing a blue suit and yellow tie, Taylor appeared 20minutes late at a hearing during which judges for theU.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone explained whythey have agreed to postpone the first prosecutionwitnesses until Aug. 20, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/464338