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Africa, United States
Jay Bruns

An American diplomat who spent 25 years at the State Department, Jay Bruns, has headed the American team involved in [...]

Published on 19/11/2003 at 11:00 GMT

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Africa
"Dirty" Gem Showdown Continues

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NGOs and De Beers Fighting the Same Fight?

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Sierra Leone
Embargo in Sight

With the U.N. Security Council in full discussion over an embargo on Sierra Leone's diamonds, the U.S. Congress has opened [...]

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Spotlight | United States
De Beers Assesses Smuggling Toll

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South Africa
De Beers in U.S. Legal Talks

Contacts between De Beers and the U.S. Justice Department's anti-trust division were held in early April on the sidelines of [...]

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U.S. Pulls Back on Curbing Trade

After taking a strong public stance on the issue, the U.S. administration appears to be gradually dropping the campaign to [...]

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Africa, Belgium
BELGIAN IRE OVER ACCUSATIONS

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EMBARGO ON DIAMONDS?

Representative Tony Hall who is working to get the U.S. Congress to adopt a Consumer Access to a Responsible Accounting [...]

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THE CARAT BILL

The fate of the draft bill Consumer Access to a Responsible Accounting of Trade (CARAT) tabled before the House of [...]

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Africa
SKEPTICISM ON DIAMONDS TRADE CRACKDOWN

A low-key conference organized in Washington on Oct. 5 by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research and Bureau [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Africa
EXTENDED SANCTIONS TOOLBOX IN DIAMONDS?

As the U.N. Sanctions Committee works slowly to forge a surveillance system to counter the sale of UNITA diamonds the [...]

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa, United States
Jay Bruns

Africa
"Dirty" Gem Showdown Continues

Spotlight | Africa
NGOs and De Beers Fighting the Same Fight?

Sierra Leone
Embargo in Sight

Spotlight | United States
De Beers Assesses Smuggling Toll

South Africa
De Beers in U.S. Legal Talks

Africa
U.S. Pulls Back on Curbing Trade

Africa, Belgium
BELGIAN IRE OVER ACCUSATIONS

Sierra Leone
EMBARGO ON DIAMONDS?

Africa
THE CARAT BILL

Africa
SKEPTICISM ON DIAMONDS TRADE CRACKDOWN

Africa
EXTENDED SANCTIONS TOOLBOX IN DIAMONDS?