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...engagement ring. He wants this piece of clear carbon to embody all the love he feels for his intended and to represent the new life they're embarking on. I felt it five years ago when I became one of the 1.7 million American men who buy a diamond ring each year. But after my engagement unraveled, I began to think again about that ring and about the diamond trade that produced it. I realized there were questions I should have been asking about that diamond beyond the carat size and the price. Primarily, should you even buy a diamond...
...answer depends on whom you ask. De Beers and the rest of the diamond trade would say yes. Watchdog groups like Global Witness would say no. Eight years ago, Global Witness produced damning evidence of jewel-related slaughter in several African nations. It caused an international scandal and gave rise to a policing mechanism called the Kimberley Process, which requires diamond-exporting nations to seal their stones in a tamperproof container, with a document stating they were not mined in a war zone. It also requires better data collection from customs agencies...
...Montreux: Beyond the Blues The annual Montreux music bash is much more than just jazz The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough Dare to discover the Gaza Strip's most elegant - and peaceful - refuge A Taste of Sichuan London's Ba Shan restaurant serves small dishes inspired by the street food of Sichuan Making a Spectacle Have your glasses designed exclusively for you Dutch Treat Amsterdam's pivotal role in the emergence of conceptual art The menu reflects Newman and Nischan's shared passion for organic and sustainable farming. That means many of the vegetables...
...tradition of Batman Begins and the Star Wars pre-trilogy, they went back to square one and created a baby Bond. Casino Royale was Ian Fleming's first 007 novel, and Bond here is an agent on his first big case, a rough diamond who has not yet acquired his savoir faire or taste for the double entendre. The Craig Bond might know no French at all; he's not the suave, Oxbridgian 007 of legend but the strong, silent type, almost a thug for hire, and no smoother with a sardonic quip than John Kerry. Still, he fits...
Director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City...