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Who Will Win Nobel Peace Prize? 5 Contenders

(Oct. 7) -- 'Tis the season for speculative articles about who will win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced Friday morning. This year there are a slew of names you've probably never heard of, plus one non-human entity that you most certainly have familiar -- some might say intimate -- knowledge of. The...

3 Key Discrepancies in the Big Celebrity 'Blood Diamond' Testimonies

(Aug. 9) -- The testimony of British supermodel Naomi Campbell at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor last week has today been directly contradicted by that of two other star witnesses, her former agent, Carole White, and actress Mia Farrow. Who's telling the truth? The distinction is a...

Official Confirms Naomi Campbell Gave Him Diamonds

(Aug. 6) -- The former head of Nelson Mandela's children's fund confirmed today that he received uncut diamonds from supermodel Naomi Campbell -- stones that international war crimes prosecutors have labeled "blood diamonds." "Three small uncut diamonds were given to me by Naomi Campbell" on South Africa's Blue Train on...

Where Did Naomi Campbell's Missing Blood Diamonds Go?

(Aug. 5) -- "The case of the missing diamonds" might read like the introduction to a great mystery novel or heist film, but today it perfectly described the real-life situation that unfolded at the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, where British supermodel Naomi Campbell testified that she did indeed accept several "very...

Naomi Campbell Testifies in War Crimes Trial

(Aug. 5) -- Supermodel Naomi Campbell testified at the war crimes trial today of former Liberian strongman Charles Taylor that she accepted a gift of uncut, dirty stones -- possible "blood diamonds" -- after attending a 1997 dinner with the dictator at Nelson Mandela's home in South Africa. But Campbell stopped short of...