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• The true colors of diamond regulation

  
  Human Rights — Authority: 489
  Representatives from governments, civil society, and the diamond industry met this past week in Namibia for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme’s seventh plenary meeting. The Kimberley Process was established in 2003 as a way to regulate the trade of so-called conflict diamonds that came to prominence during ...
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• Taylor Accuses Prosecution Of “Misleading” The Special Court for Sierra Leone; Says Almost All Of Moses Blah’s Testimony Is True

  
  The Trial of Charles Taylor — Authority: 419
  Charles Taylor this week accused the prosecution of “misleading the court” by introducing evidence that as Liberian president, Mr. Taylor acted to resolve conflicts between Sierra Leone’s rebel commanders, appointed a chief rebel leader in his warring neighboring country, and then independently offered safe ...
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• Taylor Accuses Britain Of Transporting Arms To Sierra Leone; Says He Had No Links With Al Qaeda

  
  The Trial of Charles Taylor — Authority: 419
  Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports ...
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• Zimbabwe faces ouster from “blood diamonds” watchdog

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Windhoek, Nov 2 (DPA) Pressure was mounting Monday on the international watchdog set up to combat so-called “conflict diamonds”, the Kimberley Process (KP) to suspend Zimbabwe from the global diamond trade over alleged human rights abuses and smuggling.Members of the KP certification scheme were gathering for ...
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• Multiplying Diamonds

  
  Lebanon News: Under Rug Swept — Authority: 422
  Something magical happens to diamonds soon after they arrive in Lebanon: “ 85 percent of the diamonds arrive as industrial worth a couple dollars a carat, but some 250,000 more carats leave as gem-quality diamonds than arrive – worth 36 times their import value.” That’s according to t he Kimberly ...
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• Dreams of Africa – Diamonds for Life: Not Blood

  
  Whiteflashs Fashion Accessories & Jewelry Insight Blog — Authority: 140
  When the movie “Blood Diamond”, shocking holiday shoppers with explicit violence. Set amidst chaos and civil war in 1990s Africa, it will raise questions about diamonds being purchased this holiday season. One Texas company has answers. Whiteflash.com, an Internet boutique specializing in top quality diamonds, has ...
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