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KAKFWI RETRACTS DE BEERS 'BLOOD DIAMONDS' CHARGE
WebPosted Wed Sep 10 16:32:27 2003

TORONTO--Northwest Territories leader Stephen Kakfwi has retracted his
accusations that the De Beers Group deals in diamonds that come from
conflict zones ;gems that are often called "blood" or "conflict"
diamonds.

Kakfwi told CBC News Business on Wednesday that his accusations held no
water. "I regret the statements that I made," he said. "They were not
accurate."

"I tried to retract the comments but that was not done. I guess we just
got a little passionate at the moment," he said.

Kakfwi charged Monday that De Beers mixed all of its diamonds together
to hide the identity of its diamond sources because he said some of
their diamonds came from "dubious" sources.

De Beers immediately denied that it mixed diamonds to conceal their
origins and said it had no dealings with warlords in Africa.

Kakfwi said he would be meeting with De Beers officials later in the
day.

De Beers has a controlling interest in the Snap Lake diamond property in
the Northwest Territories.


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