<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - diamonds</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/diamonds</link><description>Newsvine - diamonds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:59:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:47 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Book tying Angola generals to diamonds protected</title>
<description><![CDATA[Angola received a boost to its free speech from Portugal, which refused to allow Angolan generals to stop the publication of a book exposing corruption and human rights abuses in the southern African country's lucrative diamond mines.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Gambrell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jon Gambrell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949535-book-tying-angola-generals-to-diamonds-protected</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949535-book-tying-angola-generals-to-diamonds-protected</guid><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>angola</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:38:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Monitors criticize Belgium on Zimbabwe diamonds</title>
<description><![CDATA[A world monitoring group on conflict diamonds said Wednesday it wants restrictions on the sale of Zimbabwe diamonds tightened after calls to relax them by diamond companies in Belgium.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949208-monitors-criticize-belgium-on-zimbabwe-diamonds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949208-monitors-criticize-belgium-on-zimbabwe-diamonds</guid><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>zimbabwe-diamonds</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:03:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Restrictions on Zimbabwe diamonds eased</title>
<description><![CDATA[The international body charged with monitoring and preventing the sale of blood diamonds made it easier Friday for Zimbabwe to export diamonds that are certified as "conflict-free." At the same time, the group was unable to reach agreement on a new definition for "conflict diamonds" that would have expanded its current mandate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Lee]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Lee]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15577091-restrictions-on-zimbabwe-diamonds-eased</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15577091-restrictions-on-zimbabwe-diamonds-eased</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>diamonds</category><category>blood-diamonds</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:37:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a1c6b49d-7877-4109-853e-f1e41656eafb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a1c6b49d-7877-4109-853e-f1e41656eafb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -- This Nov. 1, 2006 file photo shows miners digging for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe. The international body charged with monitoring and preventing the sale of blood diamonds on Friday made it easier for Zimbabwe to export diamonds that are certified as conflict free. At the same time, the group was unable to reach agreement on a new definition for conflict diamonds that would have expanded its current mandate. Meeting in Washington, the members of the so-called Kimberley Process let lapse a requirement that mining at Zimbabwe's notorious Marange diamond fields be monitored. Allegations of violence and worker mistreatment at Marange led the group to first ban sales and then impose monitoring on operations at the fields last year to ensure that no abuses were taking place. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Civic groups refuse diamond money offer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Civic activists say they will not accept the Zimbabwe mining minister's offer of funds because it would hamper their efforts to make government accountable for its diamond revenues.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15389605-zimbabwe-civic-groups-refuse-diamond-money-offer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15389605-zimbabwe-civic-groups-refuse-diamond-money-offer</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:08:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>S. Africa police: Smuggler swallowed 220 diamonds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police in South Africa say they've arrested a 25-year-old man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15161754-s-africa-police-smuggler-swallowed-220-diamonds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15161754-s-africa-police-smuggler-swallowed-220-diamonds</guid><category>south-africa</category><category>odd</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>swallowed</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:56:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Archduke Joseph Diamond fetches record $21.5M</title>
<description><![CDATA[Christie's auctioned off the Archduke Joseph Diamond for nearly $21.5 million Tuesday night, a world auction record price per carat for a colorless diamond.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Heilprin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Heilprin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15126696-archduke-joseph-diamond-fetches-record-215m</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15126696-archduke-joseph-diamond-fetches-record-215m</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>archduke-joseph-diamond</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:06:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b294999c-9b14-45f7-b698-9f494d8fd5db.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b294999c-9b14-45f7-b698-9f494d8fd5db.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 2, 2012, file photo, an employee shows the Beau Sancy diamond, 34.98 carat,  at Sotheby's auction house in Zurich, Switzerland. In May, Sothebys sold the 34.98 carat Beau Sancy diamond to an anonymous bidder for $9.7 million. Marie de Medici had wore it at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henry IV in France in 1610. Then the diamond passed among the royal families in France, England, Prussia and the Netherlands. It was sold by the Royal House of Prussia. (AP Photo / Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f874269-b57b-439d-af23-eac929fde7ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f874269-b57b-439d-af23-eac929fde7ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Oct. 4, 2012, file photo, a model holds the Archduke Joseph Diamond, a historical diamond, during a Christie's auction preview, in Geneva, Switzerland. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 Christies is selling the Archduke Joseph Diamond, one of the rarest and most famous. The 76.02 carat diamond, with perfect color and internally flawless clarity, came from the ancient Golconda mines in India.  It is expected to sell for more than $15 million. In 1993, Christies auctioned it in Geneva where it sold for $ 6.5 million. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f50b929c-bc8a-4629-a5f5-28ee3c9f8b87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f50b929c-bc8a-4629-a5f5-28ee3c9f8b87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Oct. 4, 2012, file photo, a model holds the Archduke Joseph Diamond, a historical diamond, during a Christie's auction preview, in Geneva, Switzerland. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 Christies is selling the Archduke Joseph Diamond, one of the rarest and most famous. The 76.02 carat diamond, with perfect color and internally flawless clarity, came from the ancient Golconda mines in India.  It is expected to sell for more than $15 million. In 1993, Christies auctioned it in Geneva where it sold for $ 6.5 million. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42735474-eb63-4872-bad4-7f37d5e91ab8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42735474-eb63-4872-bad4-7f37d5e91ab8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- This Oct. 25, 2010, file photo, shows an employee of Sotheby's auction house holding a 24.78 carat fancy intense pink diamond mounted as a ring, that was last seen on  the market some 60 years ago according to the house, ahead of an auction in central London. In November 2010, a rare pink diamond smashed the world record for a jewel at auction, selling for more than $46 million to a well-known gem dealer. London jeweler Laurence Graff paid $46,158,674, for the 24.78-carat &quot;fancy intense pink&quot; diamond, which he immediately named &quot;The Graff Pink.&quot;  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3c65ff17-416d-472c-a16a-1d1eb81f67ed.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3c65ff17-416d-472c-a16a-1d1eb81f67ed.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- This Nov 9, 2011, file photo, shows a model displaying a 110.03 carats Sun-Drop Diamond described as fancy vivid yellow, the highest color grading by gemstone experts at a Sotheby's preview show in Geneva, Switzerland. In November 2011, the Sun-Drop Diamond of South Africa, a giant pear-shaped yellow gem weighing 110.3 carats, sold for more than $10.9 million at auction, beating previous records for a jewel of its type. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Diamond conference ends with questions</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Zimbabwe Diamond Conference, which wound up here Wednesday, was sponsored by President Robert Mugabe's government to highlight its emergence as a major player in the world diamond trade.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15106992-zimbabwe-diamond-conference-ends-with-questions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15106992-zimbabwe-diamond-conference-ends-with-questions</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>af</category><category>zimbabwe-diamonds</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:25:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e609fa2-6722-4ef4-bfec-d92615f7b147.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e609fa2-6722-4ef4-bfec-d92615f7b147.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -- In this Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 file photo  miners dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe.  At least $2 billion worth of diamonds have been stolen from Zimbabwe's eastern diamond fields and have enriched President Robert Mugabe's ruling circle, international gem dealers and criminals, according to an organization leading the campaign against conflict diamonds. Zimbabwe's Marange fields have seen &quot;the biggest plunder of diamonds since Cecil Rhodes,&quot; the colonial magnate who exploited South Africa's Kimberley diamonds a century ago, charged Partnership Africa Canada, a member of the Kimberley Process, the world regulatory body on the diamond trade.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c80a5bc3-6fcd-4f46-ab85-355627a568f9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c80a5bc3-6fcd-4f46-ab85-355627a568f9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -- In this Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 file photo  miners dig for diamonds - Miners dig for diamonds in Marange, Zimbabwe At least $2 billion worth of diamonds have been stolen from Zimbabwe's eastern diamond fields and have enriched President Robert Mugabe's ruling circle, international gem dealers and criminals, according to an organization leading the campaign against conflict diamonds. Zimbabwe's Marange fields have seen &quot;the biggest plunder of diamonds since Cecil Rhodes,&quot; the colonial magnate who exploited South Africa's Kimberley diamonds a century ago, charged Partnership Africa Canada, a member of the Kimberley Process, the world regulatory body on the diamond trade.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>10,000 diamonds on display at Buckingham Palace</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace shows that diamonds are a queen's best friend.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/29/12477200-10000-diamonds-on-display-at-buckingham-palace</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/29/12477200-10000-diamonds-on-display-at-buckingham-palace</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>royal</category><category>diamonds</category><category>buckingham-palace</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:52:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ea78a8f-571b-465e-85b0-fe0fd93322ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="511" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ea78a8f-571b-465e-85b0-fe0fd93322ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Thursday June 28, 2012 photo shows curator Caroline de Guitaut, holding the Delhi Durbar Tiara, on show for the first time and made to mark the succession of King George V as King Emperor in 1911, at a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace,  London. The new exhibition at Buckingham Palace shows jewels collected by six monarchs over three centuries to mark the Queen's Diamond jubilee this summer.   (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)  UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9501ba0c-daa9-4c5d-a6ac-53352964c30d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="392" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9501ba0c-daa9-4c5d-a6ac-53352964c30d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Thursday June 28, 2012 photo shows curator Caroline de Guitaut, standing behind the Delhi Durbar Necklace and Cullinan Pendant made up of diamonds and emeralds, created for the Delhi Durbar of 1911 and owned by Queen Mary, at a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace,  London. The new exhibition at Buckingham Palace shows jewels collected by six monarchs over three centuries to mark the Queen's Diamond jubilee this summer.   (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)  UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US allows Zimbabwe officials in for diamond meet</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has granted visas to two senior officials from Zimbabwe to attend a meeting of an international body charged with monitoring and preventing the sale of blood diamonds, despite human rights concerns and financial sanctions against the pair.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Lee]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Lee]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12036661-us-allows-zimbabwe-officials-in-for-diamond-meet</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12036661-us-allows-zimbabwe-officials-in-for-diamond-meet</guid><category>us</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>politics</category><category>diamonds</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jun 2012 21:11:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US takes helm of troubled 'blood diamond' monitor</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United States is taking over the leadership of the international body charged with monitoring and preventing the sale of blood diamonds, just a month after a major human rights watchdog quit, accusing the group of refusing to address links between gems, violence and tyranny.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Lee]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Lee]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10244673-us-takes-helm-of-troubled-blood-diamond-monitor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10244673-us-takes-helm-of-troubled-blood-diamond-monitor</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>diamonds</category><category>united-states</category><category>blood-diamonds</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:47:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Global Witness abandons Kimberley Process</title>
<description><![CDATA[Global Witness said Monday it has left the Kimberley Process, accusing the international diamond regulatory group of refusing to address links between diamonds, violence and tyranny.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Bryson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Bryson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/04/9210105-global-witness-abandons-kimberley-process</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/04/9210105-global-witness-abandons-kimberley-process</guid><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>blood-diamonds</category><category>global-witness</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:01:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe minister applauds diamond sales decision</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's mining minister vowed Wednesday that the country "will no longer be begging for anything from anybody" after international diamond regulators agreed to let it trade some $2 billion in diamonds from a field where human rights groups say miners have been tortured.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Gotora]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8596141-zimbabwe-minister-applauds-diamond-sales-decision</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8596141-zimbabwe-minister-applauds-diamond-sales-decision</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Nov 2011 14:06:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mandela charity ex-chief innocent in diamond case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A prominent South African businessman to whom supermodel Naomi Campbell testified she gave gems was found not guilty Wednesday in a "blood diamonds" case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Brown]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ed Brown]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/15/6863620-mandela-charity-ex-chief-innocent-in-diamond-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/15/6863620-mandela-charity-ex-chief-innocent-in-diamond-case</guid><category>south-africa</category><category>africa</category><category>diamonds</category><category>south-african</category><category>world-news</category><category>naomi-campbell</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:47:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe fails to get go-ahead to export diamonds</title>
<description><![CDATA[The global diamond industry's oversight body upheld on Thursday restrictions preventing Zimbabwe from exporting its vast stockpile of diamonds from a large mine after efforts to reach a compromise ended in deadlock.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aron Heller]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aron Heller]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/04/5408530-zimbabwe-fails-to-get-go-ahead-to-export-diamonds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/04/5408530-zimbabwe-fails-to-get-go-ahead-to-export-diamonds</guid><category>business</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Nov 2010 17:35:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Neil Diamond: an unlikely pop icon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe wearing those gaudy, sparkly shirts paid off after all for Neil Diamond.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Sclafani]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tony Sclafani]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/31/5385546-neil-diamond-an-unlikely-pop-icon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/31/5385546-neil-diamond-an-unlikely-pop-icon</guid><category>business</category><category>music</category><category>diamonds</category><category>diamond</category><category>neil</category><category>songs</category><category>kitsch</category><category>neil-diamond</category><category>hes</category><category>bream</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:14:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/101029-neil-diamond-hmed.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/101029-neil-diamond-hmed.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK - MAY 02:  Neil Diamond performs On NBC's &quot;Today&quot; on May 2, 2008 at Rockefeller Center in New York City.  (Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2,060 diamonds swallowed in smuggling attempt</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI, INDIA - A Sri Lankan man swallowed more than 2,000 diamonds packed in several condoms but was arrested while attempting to smuggle them through an Indian airport, according to local media reports.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/28/5368393-2060-diamonds-swallowed-in-smuggling-attempt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/28/5368393-2060-diamonds-swallowed-in-smuggling-attempt</guid><category>sri</category><category>news</category><category>diamonds</category><category>sri-lankan</category><category>chennai</category><category>smuggle</category><category>south-and-central-asia</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>suburban-police</category><category>bno-news-service</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:35:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mandela charity ex-chief faces criminal charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[The South African man whom supermodel Naomi Campbell testified she gave diamonds to is now facing criminal charges, an official said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Naki]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Naki]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5213999-mandela-charity-ex-chief-faces-criminal-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5213999-mandela-charity-ex-chief-faces-criminal-charges</guid><category>south-africa</category><category>diamonds</category><category>south-african</category><category>world-news</category><category>naomi-campbell</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:57:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>World diamond trading group bans Zimbabwe stones</title>
<description><![CDATA[In what's being hailed as an unprecedented move that will boost buyer awareness of blood diamonds, a global diamond trading network vowed Monday to expel any member who knowingly trades gems from two Zimbabwe mines where laborers have been killed and children enslaved.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/16/4901445-world-diamond-trading-group-bans-zimbabwe-stones</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/16/4901445-world-diamond-trading-group-bans-zimbabwe-stones</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:22:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e852666c-f504-4fbe-b8ef-a67a9d94a3fd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e852666c-f504-4fbe-b8ef-a67a9d94a3fd.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 file photo of miners as they dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010,   that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond  control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds  from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/737f91ee-1669-4048-909b-fcf5c2ec2c9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/737f91ee-1669-4048-909b-fcf5c2ec2c9f.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE  - This is a Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 file photo of  miners as they dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010,   that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond  control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds  from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cef03d4f-31d8-4459-a3c6-84e0a0966258.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cef03d4f-31d8-4459-a3c6-84e0a0966258.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Abbey Chikane of Kimberley Process shows the certificate awarded to Zimbabwe following their granting of a Kimberley Process certification in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Zimbabwe gem sale stirs 'blood diamond' fears</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe auctioned 900,000 carats of rough gems Wednesday from a diamond field where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and enslaved children.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Faul]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michelle Faul]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/11/4867855-zimbabwe-gem-sale-stirs-blood-diamond-fears</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/11/4867855-zimbabwe-gem-sale-stirs-blood-diamond-fears</guid><category>africa</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:57:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e852666c-f504-4fbe-b8ef-a67a9d94a3fd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e852666c-f504-4fbe-b8ef-a67a9d94a3fd.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 file photo of miners as they dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010,   that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond  control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds  from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/737f91ee-1669-4048-909b-fcf5c2ec2c9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/737f91ee-1669-4048-909b-fcf5c2ec2c9f.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE  - This is a Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 file photo of  miners as they dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010,   that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond  control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds  from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cef03d4f-31d8-4459-a3c6-84e0a0966258.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cef03d4f-31d8-4459-a3c6-84e0a0966258.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Abbey Chikane of Kimberley Process shows the certificate awarded to Zimbabwe following their granting of a Kimberley Process certification in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3143c902-6410-49e2-b780-378d79565ae0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3143c902-6410-49e2-b780-378d79565ae0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabwean Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai, center, chats to Mines and Minerals  Minister, Orbert Mpofu, left and  Zanu PF Chairman, Simon Khaya Moyo, right, following the granting of a Kimberley Process certificate to Zimbabwe in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4c8382b8-3732-44a9-8143-5f804781ce6d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4c8382b8-3732-44a9-8143-5f804781ce6d.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zimbabwean Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai delivers a speech following the granting of a Kimberly Process certificate to Zimbabwe in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.   (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3466ed11-3f66-4987-b0f9-08377f4b52e2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="346" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3466ed11-3f66-4987-b0f9-08377f4b52e2.jpg" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Abbey Chikane of Kimberley Process delivers a speech following the granting of a Kimberley Process certificate to Zimbabwe in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d29d001c-e6a4-4b91-915b-40e73dbbe776.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d29d001c-e6a4-4b91-915b-40e73dbbe776.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A traditional dancer performs following the granting of a Kimberley Process certificate to Zimbabwe in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.   (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5309b62f-b487-46ba-9950-d44df458c8f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5309b62f-b487-46ba-9950-d44df458c8f1.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Abbey Chikane of Kimberley Process, right, chats to diamond buyers and investors following the granting of a Kimberly Process certificate to Zimbabwe in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/79970b82-9ca3-4b87-80b6-e9048fa4db9d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/79970b82-9ca3-4b87-80b6-e9048fa4db9d.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Diamond buyers and investors chat following the granting of a Kimberley Process certificate to Zimbabwe in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010.  Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/68f5ab51-fb40-483f-9f04-3c642039040b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="504" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/68f5ab51-fb40-483f-9f04-3c642039040b.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;David Kassel, chairman of the New Reclamation Group and Abbey Chikane of Kimberley Process give the thumbs up, following the granting of a Kimberley Process certificate to Zimbabwe in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.  (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Questions and answers on Africa's blood diamonds</title>
<description><![CDATA[A look at blood diamonds, how they originated and what's been done to clamp down on the industry:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carley Petesch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carley Petesch]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/05/4824637-questions-and-answers-on-africas-blood-diamonds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/05/4824637-questions-and-answers-on-africas-blood-diamonds</guid><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>qa</category><category>blood-diamonds</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Aug 2010 13:57:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe gets go-ahead to sell some diamonds</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new agreement allowing Zimbabwe to sell its controversial diamonds was met with caution Friday by rights groups who have documented violations and killings in the country's diamond mines.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angus Shaw]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/13/4666758-zimbabwe-gets-go-ahead-to-sell-some-diamonds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/13/4666758-zimbabwe-gets-go-ahead-to-sell-some-diamonds</guid><category>business</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:33:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Official: Zimbabwe to resume diamond sales</title>
<description><![CDATA[The mining minister says Zimbabwe will go ahead and sell its controversy-plagued diamonds without approval from the world diamond control body.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4587740-official-zimbabwe-to-resume-diamond-sales</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4587740-official-zimbabwe-to-resume-diamond-sales</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:53:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rights group calls to halt Zimbabwe diamond trade</title>
<description><![CDATA[A leading international human rights group called on the global diamond industry's oversight body on Monday to remove Zimbabwe from its ranks because of alleged illicit trading and abuses in its diamond fields.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aron Heller]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aron Heller]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/21/4537411-rights-group-calls-to-halt-zimbabwe-diamond-trade</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/21/4537411-rights-group-calls-to-halt-zimbabwe-diamond-trade</guid><category>israel</category><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:30:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zimbabwe rights activist claims jail mistreatment</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Zimbabwean defense lawyer says a prominent activist has accused police of mistreating him after his arrest on claims he gave false information about human rights abuses in the country's diamond industry.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507678-zimbabwe-rights-activist-claims-jail-mistreatment</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507678-zimbabwe-rights-activist-claims-jail-mistreatment</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:27:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Int'l monitor: Allow Zimbabwe to sell diamonds</title>
<description><![CDATA[A monitor for the body set up to halt the trade in rough diamonds that fuel conflicts believes Zimbabwe is "on track" to meet international diamond mining standards and should be allowed to resume selling diamonds in international markets, according to a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Naki]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Naki]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/03/4456568-intl-monitor-allow-zimbabwe-to-sell-diamonds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/03/4456568-intl-monitor-allow-zimbabwe-to-sell-diamonds</guid><category>zimbabwe</category><category>diamonds</category><category>associated-press</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:56:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>