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> <channel><title>www.DiamondNe.ws &#187; Liberia</title> <atom:link href="http://www.diamondne.ws/tag/liberia/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.diamondne.ws</link> <description>Diamond News</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:55:45 +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>Naomi Campbell Back in the News for Diamond Gift</title><link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/12/28/naomi-campbell-back-in-the-news-for-diamond-gift/</link> <comments>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/12/28/naomi-campbell-back-in-the-news-for-diamond-gift/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Katy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Company News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Taylor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conflict Diamonds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[diamonds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Naomi Campbell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oligarch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supermodel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vladislav Doronin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war crimes]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.diamondne.ws/?p=6618</guid> <description><![CDATA[Supermodel Naomi Campbell, recently in the news for her appearance at the war crimes tribunal for former Liberian President Charles Taylor over her alleged receipt of conflict diamonds from him, is back in the news again in connection with diamonds. Russian Oligarch Vladislav Doronin apparently gave Ms. Campbell a diamond necklace worth over $200,000 for [...]
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