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> <channel><title>www.DiamondNe.ws &#187; Conflict Diamonds</title> <atom:link href="http://www.diamondne.ws/category/industry-news/conflict-diamonds/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.diamondne.ws</link> <description>Diamond News</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:24:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Channel 4&#8242;s Unreported World Focuses on Zimbabwe&#8217;s &#8216;Blood Diamonds&#8217;</title><link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/11/01/channel-4s-unreported-world-focuses-on-zimbabwes-blood-diamonds/</link> <comments>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/11/01/channel-4s-unreported-world-focuses-on-zimbabwes-blood-diamonds/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:33:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conflict Diamonds]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.diamondne.ws/?p=6618</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe is supposedly enjoying political stability under the coalition government formed in 2008. However, Unreported World finds a country still gripped by terror and violence. Reporter Ramita Navai and director Alex Nott film undercover to investigate claims that gems from one of the world&#8217;s biggest diamond fields are being used by Robert Mugabe&#8217;s Zanu PF [...]
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