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Fashion to die for: the international trade in 'conflict' diamonds
international diamond conference - London 11-13 September: The aim of the London meeting is to develop detailed proposals for an international certification system that will screen out diamonds that are used to fund civil war in such countries as Angola, Liberia and Sierra Leone. However there are signs that key industry and government representatives are not prepared to do anything other than lend their support to a toothless system of voluntary self-regulation.