1.   The Canadian company, Winspear, owns a potentially lucrative underwater diamond deposit at Snap Lake in the Northwest Territories.

2.   Winspear owns a potentially lucrative underwater diamond deposit at Snap Lake in the Northwest Territories.

3.   Zimbabwe, which backs the Congolese government, enjoys a lucrative diamond concession granted by President Laurent Kabila.

4.   In the CNN interview, Greenstock blamed greed and the desire to control the lucrative diamond trade for fueling wars in Sierra Leone and other African countries.

5.   It would also set up a new Diamond valuation board and bring lucrative offshore diamond deposits under the supervision of the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy.

6.   Lebanese are involved in business throughout Africa, and in Zaire, many have taken part in the lucrative diamond trade.

7.   Meanwhile, sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council on the rebels, including a ban on their lucrative diamond exports, have had little effect.

8.   Rebel leaders and Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers have taken control of the lucrative diamond and gold-mining trade in rebel-held areas.

9.   The Revolutionary United Front rebels raped, maimed and killed tens of thousands of civilians in a campaign to seize control of the government and lucrative diamond fields.

10.   The Revolutionary United Front rebels killed tens of thousands of civilians in their campaign to win control of the government and lucrative diamond fields.