11.   Those agreements were an attempt to make formal the longtime practice by De Beers of selling diamonds to only a select group of wholesalers, known as site holders.

12.   Those groups can sell diamonds through third countries not restricted by embargoes.

13.   But the United States and Britain said Monday that the presidents of Liberia and Burkina Faso were helping the RUF sell diamonds to buy weapons.

14.   Dozens of upper-crust Thai women have sold their diamonds to the American-Thai Buying Jewellery Company, The Nation newspaper reported Wednesday.

15.   Despite U.N. sanctions, UNITA rebels are still selling diamonds to fund their effort to overthrow the government, Malewezi said.

16.   Giscard said he sold the diamonds and gave the proceeds to charity, but the affair tainted his image at home.

17.   He acknowledged that UNITA was still selling diamonds on the international black market.

18.   He also said he sold a diamond he found on the ground while working as a servant for a Frenchman in Senegal.

19.   Private licensed miners in Sierra Leone have the right to sell the diamonds they find to the highest bidder.

20.   Russia contends Golden ADA illegally sold its diamonds and kept the cash.