tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87158652011-08-24T10:52:05.616-07:00007 in Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04683627918247455360noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715865.post-56209759898181910032007-01-25T06:04:00.000-08:002007-01-25T06:05:27.591-08:00I just opened my email this morning to find this quote in the Global Development Briefing Newsletter:<br /><br /><em>"It's either some colossal cluelessness or remarkable indifference to that reality that would somehow try to equate raising one's hand with a diamond on it as a promotional counter-measure to the effect of the film."</em><br /><br />-- Edward Zwick, director of Hollywood film Blood Diamond, attacking a campaign to get film stars to display gems at awards events. The US diamond industry is donating USD 10,000 to African charities for each star raising a hand with a ring at events including the Oscars. Zwick, whose Africa-set film highlights the issue of illegal diamond profits funding wars, called the move a "charitable bribe" and "distasteful." The World Diamond Council (WDC) said so-called "blood diamonds" made up less than 1 percent of new diamonds, compared with 4 percent in the late 1990s. Conflict diamonds have been linked to armed struggles in Sierra Leone, Liberia, the DRC (Congo) and the Central African Republic.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8715865-5620975989818191003?l=007inafricatesting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>007 in Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04683627918247455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715865.post-4685796981497480952007-01-22T10:22:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:10:15.913-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jQPfnWjR8zk/RbUA77zCaqI/AAAAAAAAABY/rwzYzvfGW0w/s1600-h/IMG_0032+small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022921989065697954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jQPfnWjR8zk/RbUA77zCaqI/AAAAAAAAABY/rwzYzvfGW0w/s320/IMG_0032+small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8715865-468579698149748095?l=007inafricatesting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>007 in Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04683627918247455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715865.post-17499479926207670532007-01-22T09:51:00.000-08:002008-12-08T22:10:16.014-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jQPfnWjR8zk/RbUAN7zCapI/AAAAAAAAABM/Jpxv7uGp6kQ/s1600-h/IMG_0008+small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022921198791715474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jQPfnWjR8zk/RbUAN7zCapI/AAAAAAAAABM/Jpxv7uGp6kQ/s320/IMG_0008+small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8715865-1749947992620767053?l=007inafricatesting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>007 in Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04683627918247455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715865.post-1139585146314486652006-02-10T07:24:00.000-08:002007-01-22T10:20:54.436-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8715865-113958514631448665?l=007inafricatesting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>007 in Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04683627918247455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715865.post-1139583581324124972006-02-10T06:58:00.000-08:002007-01-22T10:21:29.660-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8715865-113958358132412497?l=007inafricatesting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>007 in Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04683627918247455360noreply@blogger.com1