Brussels, 10/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The EU Council has adopted a regulation banning the importing into the Community of raw diamonds from Sierra Leon. Implementing a United nations Security Council resolution dated 5 July, this decision, which does not apply to diamonds controlled by the government, is aimed at preventing the financing of the war in Sierra Leon by the smuggling of diamonds. The ban applies as of 9 August (the day after its publication in the Official Journal L 200) until...