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president at podium
Ukraine
Russia’s ‘conflict diamonds’ under scrutiny 
Companies like the Diamond Foundry can manufacture a high-quality diamond in about two weeks. It takes the Earth about a billion years to do it the traditional way.
Business
Diamond labs say theirs are forever too — even if they were made yesterday
Screenshot of man beating another man, who is on the ground
Conflict
New footage shows diamond diggers being tortured with a machete in Angola
Charles Taylor, former leader of Liberia, found guilty of war crimes
Verdict expected this week in war crimes trial of Liberia’s Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes
Charles Taylor’s Legacy in Sierra Leone
Conflict & Justice
Liberia’s Charles Taylor Guilty of Aiding Sierra Leone War Crimes
Conflict & Justice
Sierra Leoneans Eagerly Await Verdict in Charles Taylor Trial
Conflict & Justice
The warlord and the supermodel: Naomi Campbell testifies at The Hague
Environment
Diamonds to rice