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BOTSWANA Less development revenue as diamonds lose their shine
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=83784 JOHANNESBURG, 3 April 2009 (IRIN) Diamondrich Botswana has so far managed to avoid Africa's "resource curse" a term for conflicts sparked or maintained by commodities but is unlikely to escape the global recession unscathed ...
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Botswana's Ex-President Wins Leadership Prize
CELIA W. DUGGER Published: October 20, 2008 New York Times JOHANNESBURG A foundation dedicated to celebrating and encouraging good government in Africa awarded its annual prize on Monday toBotswana's former president, Festus G. Mogae. He ...
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Child labor, war or pesticides for your Valentine?
11 Feb 2008 20:59:09 GMT Source: Reuters URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11640489.htm By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) There was a time, long ago, when a lover would buy diamonds, chocolate ...
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Sierra Leone Farmers Return to Dig Fields, Not Gems
REUTERS Published: January 24, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/internationalleonediamonds.html KOIDU, Sierra Leone (Reuters) The battle for Sierra Leone's eastern diamond fields fuelled its 11year civil war, but now the muddy pits are being returned ...
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Sierra Leone, More Revelations On 'Blood Diamonds'
Concord Times (Freetown) 4 January 2008 Posted to the web 4 January 2008 Tanu Jalloh Freetown The Sunday Times has revealed how an energy company became embroiled in the "blood diamond" scandals of the 1990s in Sierra Leone ...
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Stemming the blood behind the diamonds.
FT REPORT WATCHES & JEWELLERY 2007 By MARIA DOULTON 10 November 2007 Surveys WJC1 Page 18 With a US embargo on Burmese diamonds, horror stories of "dirty gold" and the forthcoming film Blood Diamond , in which stones are the currency of war ...
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Liberia and Israel Sign MOU on diamonds
Inquirer (Monrovia) 21 November 2007 Posted to the web 21 November 2007 Monrovia http://allafrica.com/stories/200711210510.html The Government of Liberia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Diamond Institute of Israel geared towards fostering cooperation to develop Liberia's ...
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