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Charles taylor's company. >> do we know for a fact that these two did not have any type of relationship and that this was a gift to somebody that he was attracted to or wanted to court? >> well, according to naomi campbell they meteaphor the first time over the dinner table at nelson mandela's home that day. she says, however, she didn't speak to him directly. spoke in general terms to him. she never heard of him, never even heard of his country, liberia, previously. so she said when she went to bed she didn't simply -- didn't give it any further thought. having said that, there's going to be ...

Naomi says two mystery men gave her rough 30 diamonds back in 1997 during that war. campbell assumed they came from taylor. here's why her story is so important. if prosecutors can link taylor to those diamonds, they could link him to the atrocities. it would help prove that taylor had contact with the currency that paid for the death and chaos. taylor has always denied he handled diamonds during the war. the trial is happening at the hague. netherlands. prosecutors rested their case more an year ago. when they learned about the naomi campbell connection, they reopened it. here is a bit of wha...

I must leave iran. it was a very hard decision. and he's calling on the international community to raise attention to demand the release of his wife from prison inside iran. kyra? >> definitely let us know if you get a decision. coming up, "cnn newsroom," an up close look at the treatment of women in the middle east. this case in iran, this example of medieval punishment in the modern world. in afghanistan, a wife's. for running away, her knows and ears cut off. all right. it's the top of the hour now, let's talk about naomi campbell. you might know her as the supermodel with the bad tempe...

Let's talk about naomi campbell. you may know her as the supermodel with a bad temper. did you know he she is a star witness in a war crimes trial? campbell testified in the trial of charles taylor. let's talk about him first. taylor is the former ruler of liberia. he is accused of stirring up a civil war across the border into sierra leone. this war raged on from 1991 to 2002 and it was brutally. about 50,000 people were killed. civilians, men, women, children, murdered. their arms and legs hacked off and tortured. a lot of the attackers, teenagers forced to kill, rape and plunder and given d...

Of the night, by a knock on the door. she said she received a gift. wasn't told who it was from and didn't ask. she doesn't know whether they in fact came from charles taylor. >> phil, another part of the interesting twist to this is the fact they were all at the dinner table with nelson mandela. a lot of people wondering why was nelson mandela even havie i charles taylor at the dinner table? >> reporter: it was an eclectic mix. charles taylor had not long been the president of liberia, so at the very least, she's were two fellow heads of state. but even at that point, charles taylor was a ver...