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		<title>Liberian Presidential Task Force on Diamonds Examining how to Implement Recommendations from Kimberley Process Review Mission Report</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/03/02/liberian-presidential-task-force-on-diamonds-examining-how-to-implement-recommendations-from-kimberley-process-review-mission-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[pLiberias Presidential Task Force on Diamonds has decided to intensify its work and to examine how to implement recommendations from last Octobers Kimberley Process review mission report and the report of the Panel of Experts on Liberia, which was presented in December 2009. Both reports note that implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report urges UN to Learn Lessons on Resource-Fuelled Wars</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/02/08/new-report-urges-un-to-learn-lessons-on-resource-fuelled-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lack of a coherent and committed international approach to tackling the role of natural resources in conflict is costing lives in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and heightening the risk of further unrest in other fragile states such as C?te d&#8217;Ivoire and Guinea, according to a new report from Global Witness.
Drawing on Global Witness&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Son of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor Ordered to Pay Millions in Torture Damages</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/02/07/son-of-former-liberian-president-charles-taylor-ordered-to-pay-millions-in-torture-damages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roy M. Belfast Jr., also known as Chuckie Taylor, Charles Taylor Jr., Charles Taylor II and Charles McArther Emmanuel, has been ordered to pay over $22 million in damages to five Liberians who were tortured during the country&#8217;s civil war.
Taylor Jr. was sentenced to 97 years in prison for crimes related to the torture of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security Council Extends Mandate of Liberia Panel of Experts by One Year; Urges Govt to Implement Recommendations of Kimberley Process Review Team</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2009/12/17/security-council-extends-mandate-of-liberia-panel-of-experts-by-one-year-urges-govt-to-implement-recommendations-of-kimberley-process-review-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Security Council, which has renewed for 12 months its travel ban on persons deemed to be a threat to the peace in Liberia and readjusted its arms embargo to allow the Liberian Government, as well as the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country, to receive certain military material for the same time period, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia Mines Ministry Responds to Concerns Over Financial Management</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2009/11/05/liberia-mines-ministry-responds-to-concerns-over-financial-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberia&#8217;s Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy has responded to two separate stories in a recent edition of the New Democrat and Public Agenda newspapers, respectively captioned, “Resource Misuse Conflict Factor – Global Witness” and “Improper Financial Controls at MLME Threaten Liberia’s Reconstruction”. Both papers cite a statement they said was issued by Global Witness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Society Calls for Kimberley Process Action Over Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2009/11/02/civil-society-calls-for-kimberley-process-action-over-zimbabwe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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Kimberley Process members must act on the overwhelming evidence of Zimbabwe’s failure to comply with the minimum requirements of the rough diamond certification scheme, say civil society groups, ahead of the Kimberley Process’ annual meeting in Namibia.

The Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition, whose members include Global Witness, Partnership Africa Canada and Green Advocates (Liberia), warned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>F.A.C.E.T. Holds its first Fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2009/10/12/facet-holds-its-first-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
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Today’s Charity Auction held at Christie’s will be the first fundraiser for F.A.C.E.T. (For Africa&#8217;s Children Every Time), which was established by Laurence Graff to help address some of the continent’s problems by giving back to the countries from where many of our magnificent diamonds originate, therefore offering opportunities to the youth of Africa.
 The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security Council Extends UN Presence in Liberia and Sierra Leone</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2009/09/16/security-council-extends-un-presence-in-liberia-and-sierra-leone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
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The Security Council has  extended the mandates for one year of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia and the world body’s peacebuilding office in neighbouring Sierra Leone, both diamond-rich countries.
In its unanimously-adopted resolution on the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), the Council authorized the force to assist the West African nation with the 2011 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Several African Countries Cited as Using Child Labor in Diamond Mining Sector</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2009/09/15/several-african-countries-cited-as-using-child-labor-in-diamond-mining-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several countries, namely Angola, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe, appear in the recently released United States Department of Labor report on Child Labor.
Angola
The report explains that some children in rural areas work in artisanal diamond mining, noting that “Congolese children are trafficked into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia Introduces New Transparency Law</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2009/07/16/liberia-introduces-new-transparency-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new transparency law signed by President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, covering oil extraction, mining and other natural resource industries, sets an impressive benchmark for global efforts to fight the natural resource curse and should be emulated by other countries, says NGO Global Witness.
The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (1) Act (LEITI Act), passed [...]]]></description>
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