Diamond warning over Congo trade
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A diamond industry watchdog calls for stricter controls on gemstone exports from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The Warner Bros. film, Blood Diamond, has the diamond industry concerned that moviegoers may walk out of cinemas with the idea that all diamonds are tainted
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UN human rights chief Louise Arbour warned Monday that unpunished human rights violations -- including &quot;pandemic&quot; sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- are keeping central Africa on the brink of another major conflict.
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New tests are to be carried out on what is claimed to be the world's largest diamond, amid scepticism from experts.
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The Republic of Congo will set aside up to 3,800 square miles (1 million hectares) of land to help preserve elephants, chimpanzees, hippos, crocodiles, and gorillas.
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China plans to lend the Democratic  Republic of Congo $5 billion to modernize its decrepit  infrastructure and rich but deteriorated mining sector in  another huge Chinese investment foray in Africa.
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A South African mining firm claims to have found the world's biggest-ever diamond, but experts are sceptical.
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The gains of DR Congo's peace process are at risk six month after the transition to democracy, a report says.
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In response to the upcoming movie ÂThe Blood Diamond,Â the diamond industry is launching a Web site to call attention to diamond trade reforms.
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KOIDU, Sierra Leone  - The battle for Sierra Leone's eastern diamond fields fuelled its 11-year civil war, but now the muddy pits are being returned to farming under a scheme funded by U.S. luxury jewelers Tiffany & Co.
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The Hollywood movie "The Blood Diamond" about gem smuggling in Africa could hinder Sierra Leone's postwar recovery as its struggles to legitimize its vital diamond exports, officials in the West African state say.
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Britain's top retailers are not doing enough to prevent conflict diamonds from Africa reaching consumers, rights groups said on Tuesday, on the eve of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's farewell visit to the continent.
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Liberia still cannot adequately track diamond mining on its territory, U.N. experts reported on Tuesday, recommending the Security Council leave in place its ban on Liberian diamond exports.
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1 December 2004 - The United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today expressed concern about renewed tensions between the DRC and its eastern neighbour over Rwanda&#39;s expressed intentions to attack DRC-based Rwandan
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Keen to curb any fallout following  the release of a film this week about conflict diamonds, the  State Department said on Tuesday the illegal trade of war zone  gems had been sharply cut in recent years.
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A strict ban on granting new logging concessions in Congo's rainforest must be maintained while the poor African country struggles to recover from years of war, conservationists said on Saturday.
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Renegade rebel commander Laurent Nkunda is a serious threat to stability in eastern DR Congo, the UN warns.