For centuries, diamonds have held a special place in human culture. Rulers adorned themselves with them, lovers exchanged them as symbols of commitment, and collectors placed them at high prices for ...

What a fuss a number can make -- one little number. And here it is: Fewer than 1 percent of diamonds on the market today are "conflict diamonds." The number seems surprising, considering all the ...

As a means to drive home its chief argument – that the 14-carat rock on your fiancée’s ring finger might be little more than a blood-drenched byproduct of an African civil war – the stringent ...

Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds, are diamonds mined in areas controlled by armed groups and sold to fund wars. These groups use the money to buy weapons, support fighters and continue ...

Edward Zwick is one of the few Hollywood directors of the past two decades whose name has come to stand not just for quality but for a specific kind of movie: an ambitious, issue-oriented, historical ...