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A major human rights watchdog abandons the Kimberley Process
Global Witness is pulling out of the Kimberley Process. The human rights group says the process has failed to stop the trade in blood diamonds and there needs to be a new approach. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins looks at why governments failed to break the link between diamonds and violence.
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