Here are some of The Kansas City Star's news projects and special reports. Click on the icons or use the pull-down menu at the bottom of the page. One child at a time Sierra Leone is a small African country racked by civil war and a greed for diamonds that armies and nations cannot tame.
Rebels use terror to control the countryside where diamonds are mined.
Their favorite tactic is to hack off the limbs of their living victims. So he takes volunteer medical teams to help those he can, one child at a time. In the year since the Canyon Suite became one of the most public art scandals in recent memory, The Kansas City Star has looked into the history and sale of the paintings. A four-part narrative A tap on the door. A Missouri trooper enters, kneels, takes her hand, and Jean Carnahan knows.