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Article: PBS airs conflict diamond program. (Diamond Notes).('The Diamonds of War')
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- Jewelers Circular Keystone
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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The conflict diamond issue continues to draw publicity--most recently thanks to an hour-long program on "The Diamonds of War" on PBS.
The National Geographic special aired shortly before Valentine's Day and included comments from HRD president Peter Meuss and Rosy Blue's Dilip Mehta as well as the nongovernmental organization Global Witness. While the program did nor dwell on the images of child amputees that were a staple of past reports, it did show freelance alluvial miners searching for diamonds under disturbingly dangerous conditions.
The show was unique in one respect: It was perhaps the first program on the diamond industry that included no ...