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Posts Tagged mineral wealth

The Biddings Bonanza on Afghan Mineral Rights Is Set to Begin

By | 06.14.10 | 3:56 pm

Whatever the speculation on the timing of The New York Times’ apparently-not-a-disclosure of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth — see Marc Ambinder, Matthew Yglesias, Tom Ricks — the Afghan government is very happy to have the story out. The Times’ Alissa Rubin describes Afghan officials as “giddy” over the More…

CLINTON CONFIRMATION: Praising Botswana

By | 01.13.09 | 12:26 pm

“Botswana has been a very good steward for their diamonds,” Clinton says. I didn’t know that. By implication, would Botswana — whatever they’ve done; I can scarcely claim expertise — be a model for combating conflict diamonds and other war-derived mineral wealth?