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Some Christmas Diamond Gift Ideas

The time of year has come round again, time to plan the perfect gift for your loved one but your short of ideas on what to get. It’s always hard to buy a gift especially when you may be on a budget or simply not sure what message you want to convey. So we’re here on hand for those of you who know they want to scream love and comittment no matter the cost, for these people there’s nothing better than a gift of diamonds . Diamond pendants are timeless, stylish and make sumptuous Christmas gift Designer necklaces are a cute and look stunning with an evening dress Diamond studs are at the root of every jewellery collection. Simple, stylish and elegant

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Princess Diana’s Wedding Champagne to be Auctioned

Probably the most expensive champagne in the world. A bottle of 1961 vintage Dom Perignon champagne that was ordrered for the wedding of Britain’s Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana’s will be auctioned off.

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Video Report On Congo Conflict Minerals

As Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced his bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to help stop the use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo in cell phones and other electronic devices, my colleague Rima Abdelkader filed this incisive report. During McDermott’s press conference introducing the bill, the Congressman explained why the continuing conflict in Congo is important to him and to all Americans.

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Khloe Kardashian Gets Married in Beverly Hills

LA Laker star player Lamar Odom and reality TV star Khloe Kardashian finally tied the knot and married in Beverly Hills this Sunday after only a month long relationship. Kardashian wore a Vera Wang gown to compliment her stunning engagement ring .

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Ivanka Trump Marries

Ivanka ‘ Diamonds ‘ Trump made a fresh statement when she married Jared Kushner, wearing a lace Vera Wang wedding dress with sleeves. Trump’s dress has already inspired brides-to-be who have been opting for strapless dresses for years. “Nothing would make me happier,” Wang has said about the potential of a sleeve trend.

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More On The AFRICOM Debate

One of my posts regarding AFRICOM has prompted a healthy and civil discussion of the issues from readers. Let me add a thought or two: While there have been many misguided ventures financed by the IMF and others (including the U.S.) in Africa, not all have failed. Nor have all the failures been due to the source.

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Diamond Tutorial: What is a Cloud?

Continuing on our mission to explain the explainable about diamonds and their mysterious characteristics, in today’s diamond tutorial we’ll break the myth about ‘clouds’ Diamond Tutorial: What is a Cloud? Clouds: Referring to a group of extremely small inclusions that are too tiny to distinguish from one another from either the naked eye or even under intense magnification. The result is that, under a professional microscope, this inclusion grouping can appear as if like a soft transparent cloud.

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IGI Opens Lab in Israel

The IGI (International Gemological Institute) has expanded its operations by inaugurating a new gemological laboratory in the Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan, Israel, the heart of the Israeli diamond industry. Alongside the opening of the new lab, the IGI will also be launchig a new service for customers; “diamond laser inscription” IGI CEO Roland Lorié announced at the same time that the lab and new service needs meant that a necessary employment drive grew the operation from 10 to 15, with plans to grow further

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Manchester City Financed Purchase of Diamonds

Continuing our British football related diamond stories , former Thai premier and Manchester City Chairman Thaksin Shinawatra last week gave a radio interview, the first since his exile, from Thailand in which he confirmed his investment in a diamond mine was financed by profit from the sale of Manchester City Football Club. Thanksin said that capital used for the purchase of the diamond mined were not impounded by the British because he simply had no bank accounts in England at the time. Regarding his freedom to travel, he said none of the countries he visited had any objection or embarrassment to grant him entry

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Clinton Advocates The Right Things In Congo

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo–particularly her stop in Goma–was a tremendous step toward bringing an end to the violence that keeps that nation on its knees. Not only did her presence draw renewed attention to the epidemic of sexual violence that has victimized hundreds of thousands of Congolese women, children, and even men, but the very specific steps she advocated are exactly the ones I believe need to be taken to bring peace to the DRC.

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Congo Rape: An Anniversary Prescription

As the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates forty-nine years of independence today, it is time to make some hard choices to stop the epidemic of rape that has infected the nation like an insidious disease. Hundreds of thousands of women of all ages have been attacked and mutilated, publicly abused and often forced into sex slavery. They aren’t the only sufferers; their children are scarred by the crime, their husbands humiliated, their villages destroyed.

AMD Changes "Congo" In Response To Letter

The open letter I published here and on Daily Kos last week convinced computer chip giant AMD Corporation to change a product code name, according to an online report on technology site CNET News. I had complained about the company’s recent decision to name a new computer chip “Congo” because of the connection between conflict minerals used in electronic devices and the brutal war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the letter, I pointed out that nearly six million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1998 and the death toll continues to mount as fighting over the country’s mineral resources continues.

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"Ruined" Benefit For Congo Women

If you haven’t yet seen “Ruined,” Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer-prize-winning play about rape in the Congo, make sure to attend the June 14 matinee in New York. Proceeds from that performance will go to support women in the Congo through the work of Friends of the Congo and Congo Global Action. I saw the play early in its NY run and can’t say enough about it’s importance in understanding the terrible effect of terror rape on the victims and society in the DRC

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China Gains, Congo Loses, In Mine Deal

The recently-announced copper/cobalt mining contract between the Democratic Republic of Congo and China–widely proclaimed as bringing $9 billion in development aid to the DRC–looks like another unfortunate deal for Congo. According to my back-of-the-envelope calculations, it is probably even more one-sided than American multinational Freeport McMoRan’s arrangement for Tenke Fugurume that I examined recently. Last year, the Congolese Ministry of Mines announced that it had signed an agreement between China’s Exim Bank, the Kinshasa government, Congolese state mining company Gecamines, China’s Sinohydro Corp, and China Railway Engineering Corp forming a joint venture to develop the Mashamba West and Dikuluwe copper and cobalt deposits, concessions originally scheduled to be developed by Katanga Mining Ltd through a joint venture with Gecamines

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Freeport Trucks Billions From Congo Mine

While the eyes of the world are drawn to the brutal war over an estimated $200 million in annual illegal mineral revenues in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, negotiators for American and Chinese corporations are angling to control ten times that amount in mining contracts in Katanga Province. Two multi-billion-dollar copper and cobalt contracts are currently being negotiated by the DRC Ministry of Mines. One is for Tenke Fungurume, which is managed by American mining goliath Freeport MacMorAn.

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An Earth Day Reason Why Congo Matters

While the eyes of most journalists and activists are focused on the mineral riches of the Democratic Republic of Congo, another of the country’s assets is being exploited with consequences that will be felt far beyond the center of Africa. It’s the forest that covers 45% of the nation–the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. Properly managed and developed, the Congo’s timber could be a perpetually-renewable resource that provides jobs, fuel, and food for millions of Congolese while it continues to give the rest of the world cleaner air and combats the effects of global warming

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UN Talks While Congo Civilians Suffer

The UN Security Council meets today to discuss the situation in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the civilian population bears the brunt of the fighting between rebel groups including the FDLR, various Mai Mai militia, and the LRA and the Congolese army (FARDC) operating with the Rwandan and Ugandan armies. While joint operations were declared successful by the governments involved and the UN hailed the strides toward peace, the people of the region continue to suffer at the hands of all the combatants.

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Unisa Womens Day Celebrations/Unisa Press& Inst for Gender Studies

Daughters are Diamonds was invited to a showcasing at the annual Unisa Womens Day luncheon in tamdum with projects by the Institute for Gender Studies and Unisa Press. I must admit, I was fascinated by the immense positive regard and the energy generated by speakers, participant musicians and the women in attendance! What a vibe! The Annual Feroza Adams Memorial Lecture was fittingly presented by an emotive Ms Motsei (of Kanga and the Kangaroo Court fame). Guests were treated to gifts of colourful thought and rose-scented turkish delight

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An Apology from The Mercury, and More Reviews

VOICE OF THE CAPE AT THE CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR http://www.vocfm.co.za/public/articles.asp?Articleid=28992 MADINAT AL MUSLIMEEN: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF KABOB, FEATURING DAUGHTERS ARE DIAMONDS http://www.themadina.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=f3f9ebc839820df496bc6c9540c1db50&topic=2352.0 The Mercury (29 June 2007) printed an opinion piece and review written by myself (as per previous post); a subsequent apology for the misrepresentation of the book as well as for wrongly attributing the comment about ‘irrelevant hijab’ to me.

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