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You know what stops traffic? Naomi Campbell - and a dozen models imitating her - in leather hot pants, dancing on the sidewalk of Madison Avenue.

Naomi Campbell’s swagger is what powers her runway strut, and it’s unlikely another few uncomfortable days of attention over her testimony in the Charles Taylor war-crimes trial will change that.

Naomi Campbell’s former business agent has told a war crimes court the fashion model flirted with former Liberian President Charles Taylor at a 1997 dinner and he arranged to send her a gift of uncut diamonds.

Nelson Mandela’s charity says it did not receive the diamonds Naomi Campbell testified she gave to its former head.

War crimes judges on Tuesday ordered special security measures for fashion model Naomi Campbell when she testifies at the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, barring photographers from catching her entering or leaving the courtroom.

The defense in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor is seeking to postpone testimony by fashion model Naomi Campbell.