The News Review:

- “Over 700″ Nigerian UN peacekeepers return from Sierra…
- British Minister Lauds Sierra Leone’s Security.
- East Texas Doctor Heads To The Mission Field
- Controlling Diamonds

“Over 700″ Nigerian UN peacekeepers return from Sierra…
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 29, 2004
–> COPYRIGHT 2004 Financial Times Ltd. (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Lawrence Njoku entitled “Nigerian peacekeepers return from Sierra Leone” published by Nigerian newspaper The Guardian web site on 29 November Over 700 officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the Nigerian Army involved in the peace-keeping mission in Sierra.

British Minister Lauds Sierra Leone’s Security.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 29, 2004
British Minister Lauds Sierra Leone’s Security. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (November, 2004).

East Texas Doctor Heads To The Mission Field
KLTV – Nov 28, 2004
So they basically become social outcasts and live in solitary confinement the rest of their lives. Putman was offered the chance to run a clinic in Sierra Leone that treated this problem often referred to as V-V-F. Jerry was not trained to perform the surgery. The only place in the world that had that training was in Ethiopia and the Putmans were told it would not be until 2009 that an American doctor could get into the program. “We prayed about it and said God if this is something you want us to do we need some very clear direction,” remembers Dr.

Controlling Diamonds
Washington Post – Nov 29, 2004
An unlikely alliance of governments, the diamond industry and constructive nongovernmental organizations united behind two simple ideas: Freshly mined diamonds should be sealed in registered containers that certify their country of origin, and diamond importers should not accept unregistered gems that might profit insurgents or criminals. Diamonds from conflict areas have sustained guerrillas in Liberia, Congo, Angola and Sierra Leone; they are thought to form part of terrorist financial networks. Almost two years on, the Kimberley Process has proved its usefulness. The system of registering diamonds is being implemented so that importing countries can have some confidence that the gems known as symbols of love are not financing bloodshed. A voluntary peer-review process has been set up to ensure that the rigor of each country’s effort to certify only legitimate diamonds can be tested. Countries are publishing statistics on the diamond trade, making it easier to spot smugglers.