"Diamond" is rough, for a bigger purpose
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LOS ANGELES  - Two new movies in theaters boast grisly, disturbing violence that raises the question: Where is the line between violent and too violent?
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At a bend in a tributary of the Congo River, dirt-poor villagers pan for the shiny stones that have proved as elusive as they are rare -- diamonds. Hundreds stake claims hoping to strike it rich in this, the fourth-largest diamond-producing country in the world. But what these villagers may not know is that diamonds, according to experts, have indirectly fueled some of Africa's dirtiest wars.
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Its strengths are obvious, but its weaknesses are harder to spot.
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The U.S. jewelry  industry is gearing up to counter any negative effects from the  upcoming film &quot;The Blood Diamond&quot; which shows how illicit gem  trade fueled bloody civil wars, a trade group said.
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The company is far from resting on its laurels.
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A new initiative seeks to improve old products.
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The diamond industry hits back ahead of the release of Blood Diamond, a film about illegally traded diamonds.
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It could be tiny fibers that may one day replace steel, or catalysts that have led to environmentally friendly plastics. Guessing the winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry has often stumped researchers and pundits alike.
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The road to riches can go through the eye of a needle.
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To engage with an artwork, especially contemporary works, can be a daunting task.
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Competition and merchandise are posing some big problems.
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Find out what some suppliers are doing to stem the global flow of "blood diamonds"&#8212;gems mined and sold illegally to fuel deadly rebel conflicts.
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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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MURFREESBORO, Ark. - Walking along a path taken by thousands of others at the Crater of Diamonds State Park, Nicole Ruhter noticed something everyone else had missed - a tea-colored, 2.93-carat diamond.
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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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At least that&#039;s what a group of gem industry bigwigs are   complaining about in the run-up to Leonardo DiCaprio&#039;s upcoming Warner   Bros. drama The Blood Diamond, in which he plays a diamond   smuggler who matches wits with a ruthless African diamond syndicate.
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Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding that it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France.