Sentences with phrase «in blood diamonds»

World leaders have been working together to eliminate the global market in blood diamonds — stones that fuel violent conflicts through their sale — for over a decade, but they continue to be bought and sold.

The trade in blood diamonds has led to devastating wars in Sierra Leone, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Liberia and over 4 million people have died as a result of these wars.

He slips into the white house every chance he gets... at least he's not Pat Robertson who used his international evangelism to trade in Blood Diamonds.

Since they're made synthetically, there's no involvement in the blood diamond industry — so you're not just spending less money, you can feel good about your purchase.

Not exact matches

News of Lucara's discovery of the Lesedi La Rona diamond (it was named in a national contest held in Botswana and translates into «our light» in the Tswana language) has helped invigorate a mining category that has languished in the wake of a global recession, not to mention a campaign by Blood Diamond star Leonardo DiCaprio to promote synthetic alternatives to alleviate working conditions of miners in Africa.

And as global awareness about the horrific practices surrounding the mining of so - called «blood diamonds» in Africa intensified, Aber's Canadian provenance didn't hurt its prospects.

The «Blood Diamond» movie star has touted the company for «cultivating real diamonds in America without the human and environmental toll of mining.»

DiCaprio had a major role in getting the man - made diamond industry established in the U.S. after learning about mining conditions in Africa, where Blood Diamond was set, and the violence the gems fed.

A parallel to Africa's «blood diamonds,» where mines in a war zone are looted to finance military operations, ancient artifacts are helping to fund ISIS's reign of terror.

No one is saying that Steve Rowley wasn't brilliant as our chief scout, but after 25 years under his management perhaps it is about time that Arsenal brought in some new blood to and a new (diamond!)

Many people instantly associate the «resource curse» with images of African blood diamonds and mining - induced population displacement in Latin America.

Diamond Wish manufactures and processes its diamonds in the USA — they also guarantee that none of their diamonds are blood diamonds, or sourced from regions enduring conflict.

Most importantly, the doxorubicin - decorated diamonds had no effect on white blood cell count, an indicator of immune system activation that's often the deciding factor in whether a patient can continue chemotherapy.

Embedded in an artificial diamond will be four hollow gold pellets, the size of BBs, containing samples of air, seawater, soil — the life - giving elements — and human blood.

What is so unbelievably unique about these lines is that a substantial portion of the proceeds from sales, 100 % profit from Dreams of Africa and 25 % from AWEAR items, goes to support children in nations hit hard by the blood diamond trade.

Custom cluster of Pigeon's Blood ruby, champagne diamond, natural pearls, and antique white diamonds, set in 14K yellow gold, price upon request, Mociun

In particular, NWT diamonds are touted as an ethical alternative that allays risks of supporting conflicts by purchasing blood diamonds.

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Panorama: Mugabe's Blood Diamonds was broadcast on BBC One on Monday, 8 August at 20:30 BST and is now available in... But here's the rub: in two years of quintuple dating, Charlotte

Eragon may not be a big Oscar contender, but in a movie season filled with blood diamonds, fascist soldiers and Idi Amin, it provides a much - needed afternoon of PG - rated family - friendly adventure.

Blood Diamond (2006) The Academy did give Leo a curt nod for this disturbing thriller about corruption in the diamond trade.

Among the wide and varied selection — William Wellman (Nothing Sacred, Lady of Burlesque), Roger Corman (A Bucket of Blood), Ida Lupino (The Hitch - Hiker), Allan Dwan (The Gorilla), Henry King (The Snows of Kilimanjaro), Abel Ferrara (Driller Killer)-- lies a true diamond in the rough: a handful of work by the great and underrated Roy William Neill.

Whitaker will win the Oscar, although there are strong contenders, including Will Smith in an affecting role as a homeless dad determined to raise his son in «The Pursuit of Happyness»; Ryan Gosling as a crack - smoking but well - meaning junior high school teacher in «Half Nelson,» and Leonardo DiCaprio as a mercenary Rhodesian diamond smuggler in «Blood Diamond.»

«Blood Diamond» is 110 minutes of intense, heart - wrenching, political and emotional turmoil about the blood shed by all concerned in the diamond - rich Sierra Leone region of western AfBlood Diamond» is 110 minutes of intense, heart - wrenching, political and emotional turmoil about the blood shed by all concerned in the diamond - rich Sierra Leone region of western Afblood shed by all concerned in the diamond - rich Sierra Leone region of western Africa.

Water may be older than light, diamonds crack in hot goat's blood, mountaintops give off cold fire, forests appear in mid-ocean, it may happen that a crab is caught with the shadow of a hand on its back, and that the wind be imprisoned in a bit of knotted string.

Therefore, finding stashes of blood diamonds is relatively easy, as there is only a small area to hunt for them in.

Ranging from blood diamonds, pirates in Somalia and the emergence of mexican cartels.

You will learn about «blood diamonds,» the Angolan civil war, a previous heist, biology of oxygen starvation (hyperlinked), air traffic control, how to operate the autopilot and use instrument landing system technology, view the avionics area (video), go to the boneyards in the Mojave desert (storage place for decommissioned aircraft), see a 777 being built and an Australian sand storm.

A riveting story reveals the cost of diamonds — not in dollars, but in terms of torture, blood, and death in Sierra Leone.

There were a few that didn't resonate with me (as is the way with anthologies) but some of my favorites included «The Man in the Mask» by Emma Faraday, «Great Canadian Comics» by Patrick T. Goddard, and «Canadian Blood Diamonds» by Kristi Charish.

Forna explored this period brilliantly in her thoughtful memoir The Devil That Danced on the Water; and she revisits the time and place in her new novel The Memory of Love, a striking study of the past and present of a country whose name calls up twisted images of beautiful beaches, blood diamonds and child soldiers.

He reveals how closely connected the diamond industry is to so much of the conflict in modern day Africa, and how the much vaunted Kimberley process (that is meant to ensure that «blood diamonds» don't reach the Western market) is fundamentally flawed.

The idea was to help prevent the sale of blood diamonds in the country.

Thanks in part to the recent Leonardo DiCaprio movie Blood Diamond, it's now common knowledge that diamonds from places such as Angola and Sierra Leone can be used to fund bloody conflicts.

In a 2010 post to this blog, I identified puppy mill dogs as the blood diamonds of animal welfare — beautiful things that consumers purchase with no understanding of the pain, suffering and death involved in bringing them to markeIn a 2010 post to this blog, I identified puppy mill dogs as the blood diamonds of animal welfare — beautiful things that consumers purchase with no understanding of the pain, suffering and death involved in bringing them to markein bringing them to market.

There's Blood Badges from PvP, Blood Diamonds you can buy and you get from logging in, and Blood Gems and Blood Pearls you get from PvE quests.

Because locating an NES Classic Edition is like braving the Congo River in search of blood diamonds, the console has been springing up on eBay tagged with ridiculous prices, some hovering near the thousands mark, which is an insane markup for a plaything that originally retails for $ 59.99.

I had no idea that art game developer Jason Rohrer (Passage, Sleep Is Death) has been maintaining a blog dedicated to his intriguing DS project Diamond Trust of London, but here it is — he's actually been regularly posting stuff on the multiplayer strategy title about blood diamond trading in Angola.

The Kimberley Process was established to prevent diamond sales from funding conflict — «blood diamonds» — but in reality, not a whole lot has changed.

The Democratic Republic of Congo also happens to be the focus of a lawsuit taking place in Texas, where Glacial Energy is being sued for secretly mining blood diamonds in the Congo.

It means Ingle & Rhode are tackling the three main problems in the jewellery industry: human exploitation, conflict (or blood) diamonds and environmental damage.

«If the KP does not address large - scale smuggling of rough diamonds in Venezuela and other countries, it can not effectively protect against the threat of blood diamonds.»

«Blood Diamonds» awoke the world to the horror of warlords and their atrocities; so, «Ethical Oil» will wake the world up to the despotic regimes in Conflict Oil Countries.

It is home to awful gang violence that led the Wall Street Journal in 2014 to suggest that avocados from the region are tainted, «blood avocados — the Mexican equivalent of the conflict diamonds that are sold from war - torn parts of Africa.»

«It's untraceable money,» like the «blood diamonds» that bankrolled brutal wars in Sierra Leone.

The Blood Diamonds star announced filmmaking plans in 2005 and true to his word, is promoting his soon - to - be-released feature - length documentary on the state of the global environment.

Return of the blood diamond: how the crisis in Zimbabwe is undermining international efforts to eradicate conflict diamonds