For diamond merchants it's the peak season for sales, CBS News correspondent Thalia Assuras reports. but Hollywood may dull the gleam with the movie "Blood Diamond." Leonardo DiCaprio plays a ...

blood diamond "Blood Diamond" turns out to be a movie gem It's no secret that conditions are bad in Africa. This is the one idea that has been steadily conveyed to the public for years. There's ...

DiCaprio's a gem in 'Blood Diamond'Denny wants the diamond to get himself out of Africa for good. Noble Solomon needs it to reunite his family, which was torn apart by rebel forces. His youngest ...

Warner Bros. won't release Ed Zwick's Leonardo DiCaprio starrer "Blood Diamond" until Dec. 15, but the diamond industry is already going on the offensive.

With the powerfully acted, vividly shot “Blood Diamond,” director Edward Zwick takes an unflinching look at the brutality of the African diamond trade. But there”s so much dense, political ...

Wondering whether to pick mined diamonds or lab-grown for your engagement ring? I had this exact question and took tim ...

Human Rights Watch cries foul, but "blood diamonds" are only mined by rebel groups, says watchdog.

In Blood Diamond, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou, left), who is forced to mine diamonds, finds and secretly hides a gigantic gem that a smuggler (Leonardo DiCaprio, right) wants.

They're the epitome of romance, glamour and status — but they also have a dark side. DW's Karin Helmstaedt explores the many ...

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- First there were "blood diamonds," the gems that fueled conflict and human rights abuses in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Then there was "conflict cocoa," the chocolate source ...

Now he has a new cause: Trying to get holiday shoppers to avoid buying "blood diamonds" -- gems whose sales fund African wars in which many civilians are victims of atrocities.

A rare 170-carat pink diamond has been discovered in an Angola mine, authorities confirmed on Wednesday, reporting it to be the largest such stone found in 300 years.