Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond fan portal. Blood Diamond is the new movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connelly. It also has Djimon Hounsou and Arnold Vosloo. The movie is directed by Edward Zwick.

The official description is: "A farmer, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond."

Blood Diamond is set in the civil war in Sierra Leone. Leonardo plays a South African mercenary. This movie is far from a conflict free diamond!

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Zimbabwe Still Exporting Blood Diamonds

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Amanda Kloer The folks over at the Kimberly Process certification scheme, the main body responsible for certifying diamonds as “conflict-free”, have threatened to suspend Zimbabwe’s participation in the program for six months. It appears Zimbabwe is still seeing a great deal of human rights abuses, exploitation, and slavery in the diamond industry. The Kimberley Process (KP) is a coalition of governments, diamond industry representatives, and civil society stakeholders, which was created to stem the flow of conflict diamonds from countries in Africa to global markets. Rough diamonds have been used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments, and the diamond industry has ... Read Full Story

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Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala

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Last night I attended the 20th Annual Awards Gala for the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The black tie event was held at the Convention Center in beautiful downtown Palm Springs. Thousands of fans and celebrity-watchers lined the streets early for a glimpse of their favorite stars. When I arrived, there were stretch limousines lined up approaching the red carpet, dropping off celebrities non-stop. The press was in full force, hundreds of international photographers, TV networks, Entertainment Tonight, and newspaper reporters all packed along the red carpet entrance. As I walked in I saw Ron Howard giving an interview, Dakota Fanning signing autographs, Tom ... Read Full Story

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Blood Diamond (2006)

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Blood Diamond (2006) Blood Diamond (2006) English | MKV | Subtitle: English/Romanian | 1230 kbps | 832×400 | AAC 5.1 | 1467 MB A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer’s life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. In 1999, in Sierra Leone, the fisherman Solomon Vandy dreams on the day that his ... Read Full Story

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A South African mercenary and a Mende fisherman find their fates forever intertwined as they embark on a quest to obtain a rare and highly coveted pink diamond in director Edward Zwick's frantic adventure drama. Ripped from his family farm and forced to toil away in the sweltering South African diamond fields, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) discovered an extraordinary rough stone of immeasurable value. Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hired gun who specializes in the sale of so-called "blood diamonds" that are used to finance rebellions and terrorist organizations, and is currently serving time for smuggling. As a bloody civil war rages in ... Read Full Story

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S.Leone's 'blood diamond' rebels face verdict

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Sierra Leone's war crimes court was preparing Wednesday to hand down a verdict in the case of three former RUF rebel leaders accused of committing atrocities. But a crowd of some 200 people gathered outside the court to hear the verdict reacted with disappointment and impatience to news of a delay of several hours. The judges are now to start reading out the verdict against three senior commanders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), at 2:00 pm (1400 GMT) instead of 10:30 am as originally scheduled. "We sincerely apologize for the delay which is due to unforeseen circumstances," said Binta Mansaray, the deputy registrar ... Read Full Story

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"Blood diamond" warlord on trial at Hague

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors at the U.N.-backed Sierra Leone court will start cross-examining Charles Taylor on Tuesday, challenging the former Liberian president on his denials of weapons trading in exchange for "blood diamonds."

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Israel to lead fight against "blood diamond" trade

JERUSALEM, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Israel is set to lead a group working to stop militants in Africa using the roughly $6 billion trade in so-called blood or conflict diamonds to fund fighting, the Israel Diamond Institute said on Monday. Boaz Hirsch of ...

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Israel to lead fight against “blood diamond” trade

Boaz Hirsch of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour, was elected as chairman of the Kimberley Process, set up in 2003, at a meeting in Namibia last week, it said. Since 2003 trade in conflict diamonds has dropped to 1 per cent from 15 ...

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Sierra Leone rebel convicts sent to Rwandan jail

Sierra Leone has transferred eight convicted former rebel leaders to Rwanda 's Mpanga prison to serve out their sentences. Eight former rebels, convicted of atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war, have been transferred to a ...

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