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MarketWatch | October 01, 2011 | 7:03 am Europe Diamond 

Cecil John Rhodes: Founder of the mining group De Beers; advocate for British colonialism; founder of the state of what is now modern-day Zimbabwe; and largely credited with establishing the diamond industry. At one point, De Beers controlled 90% of...

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