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BLOOD DIAMONDS!
• Poem on blood
diamonds
• Review of the mov
blood diamonds
• How to stop blood
diamonds article
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Type to enter textPAGE.4and 5nformative Essay!
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Movie review!
PAGE.3Editorial!
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Conflict diamonds or
(blood diamonds) are
illegally traded and sold
to fund the brutality in
war torn areas.They are
referred to as blood
diamonds because of
the blood shed over
mining them. Consumers
deserve to know about
the diamond they are
buying. They should use
there resources to find
out about the product
they are purchasing and,
the company that is
selling the diamonds.
There are millions of
diamonds in the world
and in the 1990’s Africa
was producing about
four percent of the
diamonds out there. In
the early 2000’s the
Kimberley process
certification system was
enforced and, it helped
reduce the blood
diamonds to about 2
percent. Today less than
1 percent of the
diamonds are blood
diamonds because
they’re officially traded
under the UN mandated
Kimberley process.
There are 74 countries
that contribute to the
Kimberley process and
operate under their laws
to sell or trade there
diamonds. Since the
Kimberley process
began three countries
have not obeyed the
laws applying to the
Kimberley process and
have chose to illegally
sell and trade there
diamonds. Those three
countries are the
Republic of Congo,
Liberia, and the ivory
coast.The other 71
countries diamonds are
completely conflict
free.To ensure that your
diamond came from a
reputable source ask
your jeweler where the
diamond came
from ,whether the
company has a policy
regarding conflict
diamonds and, if the
company can guarantee
that its diamonds are
conflict free.
EDITORIAL!
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HOW TO STOP BLOOD DIAMONDS!
Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds, are diamonds that
are sold to fund the unlawful and illegal operations of rebel military groups.
The profits are used to purchase military weapons and equipment. Conflict
diamond mining sites are mostly in South Africa. The most popular countries
are Mali, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
To help prevent blood diamonds more people should try to inform the
world about the torture and hard labor that is happening to children of all ages
in southern Africa and other parts of the world. The children are mostly from
ages 4-17. They are forced to mine and are tortured and even murdered. If
any of these kids are caught trying to steal any of the diamonds, the diamond
miners will cut off their fingers or even their entire hand or arm.
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In May 2000 the major diamond
and trading and producing countries,
established a diamond certification
scheme. Most nations agreed to not
trade or purchase any diamonds without
proof of certification that the diamond
aren’t conflict diamonds. The nations
established a legitimate diamond trade,
and the trade provides jobs for over 10
million people without work and also
helps slow down the illegal diamond
trades.
You can help prevent purchasing
a conflict diamond by consulting the
jeweler about the certification of the
diamond or diamonds you are
purchasing. There should be signatures
of both the jeweler and the diamond
miner.
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he movie blood diamond is just a glimpse of what really happens in Africa and theutality that goes on everyday. There is a lot of truth in the movie about how kids areken and made to kill for the diamonds. They will take adults also and make them mir the diamonds. If they are caught trying to steal any diamond of any size their hand
ot arm will be cut off. In the movie blood diamonds the main character Sean Archer
ears of a big diamond that a man named Solomon Vandy found. Archer does everythhis power to get this diamond but Solomon wants a few things in return. Solomonsmily was taken by the R.U.F . They found his wife and daughter in a camp rescued ilitary, but his son was turned into an R.U.F soldier. Solomon Vandy agreed to showrcher where the diamond was for helping him find his family. On the way Solomonought he saw his son in a truck full of R.U.F soldiers, when he called his sons nameU.F started firing randomly in there direction. Archer was really angry because if eitthem died he would not be able to find the diamond. When Solomon woke up the norning Archer had already hunted a baboon and said if he risked either of there lives
e that again he would personally cut Solomons face off. This gave Solomon a littlextra motivation to keep moving and stay quiet. Once they found the camp that Solomund the diamond in Archer called in an attack to clear out all R.U.F soldiers. The attaasn’t going to come until after dark, so Archer decides to take a nap. As Archer iseeping Solomon decides to go down to the camp and look for his son. Archer wakesnd realizes that Solomon is gone. He gears up and goes into the camp to find him.olomon found his son but, his son turned on him and called in other R.U.F soldiers.olomon was captured and the leader of the R.U.F wanted the diamond also. He toldolomon to find the diamond or else he would kill his son, find his daughter and wife a
eep them for himself. As that happened the attack came in and started blowing theamp to pieces. The leader of the R.U.F tried to run but Solomon picked up a shovel aeat him almost to death. Archer grabs Solomon’s son and finds Solomon to take themafety. Once there safe Archers people meet them and they start looking for the diamrchers people want over half of the profits for themselves. Solomon knows this so hees to play dumb like he can’t find the diamond. Archers people get mad and pull gun
n Solomon, Archer tells him to just find the diamond. When he did find the diamondrchers people pulled a gun and tried to take it for themselves but Archer shot them aolomons son picks up a pistol and points it at Archer, so Solomon had to talk him int
anding over the gun by reminding him of his normal life before. When Archer killed hwn people he was hit once in the side. They have the diamond now and have to hikeiles to the top of a ridge where a plane will meet Archer and Solomon. The plane is
upposed to take Solomon and his son to there village and Archer to London to sell thamond. They were almost to the top of the ridge when Archers pain was unbearablend he couldn’t go on. Solomon tried to carry Archer but his pain was to much. He gavolomon a gun and the diamond and said “make a good life for your boy”. Archer toldho to meet to sell the diamond, and to point the gun at the pilot and not to trust him a. Archer ends up dieing right there on the ridge making sure Solomon gets to the pla
olomon gets his family back and still made it to sell the diamond to the buyers inondon
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