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Suspending diamond trade will 'worsen things' - Zimbabwe

Fri, Jul 31, 2009

Harare - The Zimbabwean government said Thursday its suspension from the rough diamond trade, as called for by a watchdog body fighting trade in so-called conflict diamonds, would "not solve anything" and would only "worsen things."The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), a 49-member body representing 75 diamond-producing countries, visited Zimbabwe earlier this month to inspect allegations of gross human rights abuses by the military in the eastern Marange diamond fields

 Suspending diamond trade will 'worsen things' - Zimbabwe

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