Kimberley
a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
Also Kim·ber·ly. a female given name.
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The Kimberley Process includes 85 countries, as well as industry and civil-society bodies, and the specificity of its definition has felt problematic and arbitrary in the past.
Are Russian diamonds now conflict diamonds? Depends on who you ask | Samanth Subramanian | June 21, 2022 | QuartzKimberley and Samantha’s treatment was based on the different symptoms showed during their illness.
Two New Moms Died From Catastrophic Herpes. Did the Same Doctor Give It to Them? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 23, 2021 | The Daily BeastIn the 1870s, the situation changed because of giant open-pit mines in and around Kimberley, South Africa.
As Germany Acknowledges Its Colonial-Era Genocide in Namibia, the Brutal Legacy of Diamond Mining Still Needs a Reckoning | Steven Press | June 10, 2021 | TimeA new Kimberley Process working group to monitor CAR might help focus attention on the guilty and choke the diamond flow.
The Curse of CAR: Warlords, Blood Diamonds, and Dead Elephants | Christopher Day | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Kimberley Process for tracking conflict diamonds officially suspended CAR one year ago.
The Curse of CAR: Warlords, Blood Diamonds, and Dead Elephants | Christopher Day | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
What I'm prepared to do....is to run this story and keep Kimberley name out of it.
Prosecutors Allege Affair Between Rebekah Brooks And Andy Coulson | Peter Jukes, Nico Hines | October 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the long and tense exchange Coulson tells the home secretary that he knows about his affair with Kimberley Quinn.
Prosecutors Allege Affair Between Rebekah Brooks And Andy Coulson | Peter Jukes, Nico Hines | October 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“Kari, be strong and hold on to your beautiful children,” wrote Kimberley.
Military Wives Rally Around Wife of Accused Afghanistan Shooter Robert Bales | Jesse Ellison | March 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI used to have my letters addressed there, poste restante, and call in for them when I happened to be in Kimberley.
Uncanny Tales | VariousI was going down to Kimberley too, so of course we went together, and were quite old friends by the time we reached that city.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThe approach to Kimberley with its mine shafts and hills of blue dust reminded me of the Black Country.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungIt was impossible to be in Kimberley and not to become involved in the endless political discussions of clubs and dinner tables.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungWhen he was there and had 400 Boers in his grasp he received a message ordering him back to Kimberley at once.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson Young
British Dictionary definitions for Kimberley
/ (ˈkɪmbəlɪ) /
a city in central South Africa; the capital of Northern Cape province: besieged (1899–1900) for 126 days during the Boer War; diamond-mining and -marketing centre, with heavy engineering works. Pop: 62 526 (2001)
Also called: the Kimberleys a plateau region of NW Australia, in N Western Australia: consists of rugged mountains surrounded by grassland. Area: about 360 000 sq km (140 000 sq miles)
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