The new Leondardo DiCaprio movie Blood Diamond highlights the role that the illicit diamond trade played in the chaotic 1990s civil war in the African nation of Sierra Leone (see Sierra Leone map.)

莱昂纳多 迪卡普里奥主演的电影“血腥钻石”正是对90年代非洲国家塞拉利昂内战冲突的描绘。

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In Londonderry, hundreds of people attended a ceremony at the war memorial in the Diamond.

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Prosecutors say Taylor gave Campbell a diamond during the war in Sierra Leone, contradicting Taylor's testimony that he never handled the precious stones that fueled the conflict.

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One example is the war being waged over control of diamond mines in Sierra Leone.

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