APTOPIX Africa Diamonds
Abbey Chikane of Kimberley Process shows the certificate awarded to Zimbabwe following their granting of a Kimberley Process certification in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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