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Posted on Jun 22, 2009
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You’ve heard of conflict diamonds, but did you know there might be blood on your cell phone? This PSA brings a little-known aspect of the conflict in Eastern Congo to light and offers a suggestion on how global consumers can help.

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By Dirk Augustine, November 23, 2010 at 1:42 pm Link to this comment

That is a very powerful video, I didn’t know about the Eastern Congo conflict and I feel guilty, because I dialed more than 800 numbers this last months and they all seem tainted, now. God, I loved the times when they were sending letters!

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