all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main build 飞机晚,并且探员等待在机场所有早晨...
Villagers interviewed by ZimFerrets — Zimbabwe’s new online investigative journalism centre — during a recent visit to the area say they have not only been robbed of their diamonds, but also of their freedom. Hence, they are now worse off than they were before diamonds were discovered in...
The coast of the Namib Desert in South West Africa is the location of Namibia’s diamond industry. Recently, a team of divers working for a diamond company were searching for diamonds under the sea when they made an exciting discovery. The divers had just started digging when they uncovered ...
It looked like black velvet with a million diamonds on it. In different seasons, we saw different groups of stars.Sometimes we saw stars (1)s s brightly across the sky. How beautiful they were!Studying the stars was great fun for him. Once he learnt a little about them, he soon ...
Limitless water, from the world’s second-largest river, the Congo, a benign climate and rich soil make it fertile, beneath the soil abundant deposits of copper, gold, diamonds, cobalt, uranium, coltan and oil are just some of the minerals that sh...
were flying over to London [in 1997] to do a benefit concert withPaul McCartneyandEric Claptonand a bunch of people, and for the island of Montserrat after a volcano eruption. I asked, "Why is it that it seems like music artists are always the first ones to jump in and do bene...
Started for Warsaw in afternoon, Treasury with guide in morning, very fine armour, ivory throne restored for coronation of Alexander II, another from Persia studded with 876 diamonds, 1223 rubies besides turquoises with pearls used by Alex III, Crown of Empress Anne, made by order of Peter th...
Hero of the Empirecenters on Churchill’s stint in South Africa as a war correspondent for London’sMorning Postduring the Boer War, which erupted in 1899 after gold and diamonds were discovered in southern Africa. The sought-after resources resided “in the South Afri...
. As revolutions sprang up in the Americas, some crowns sought to expand their borders, while others struggled to maintain control of their territories. Meanwhile, the British resolved to continue their colonization of Africa—particularly in the south, where diamonds had recently been discovered....
However, in the 15th and 16thcenturies, spices were as valuable as gold or diamonds. Spices are small plants or partsof plants, such as ginger, pepper, vanilla, and cinnamon, which are used to add flavorto our food. 1 Such a use for spices actually goes all the way back to Roman ...