Zimbabwe

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Abbey Chikane of the Kimberley Process certified diamonds as conflict-free at a sale in Zimbabwe last week. The gems were mined from the Marange field, where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into slavery. (Associated Press)

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Plumes of smoke rise from burning tires during a plane-crash drill at Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe on Aug. 5. The mock exercise created panic. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This is a Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, file photo of miners as they dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds on Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010, that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)

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From left to right in the front row, Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and Moammar Gadhafi of Libya join other presidents for a group photograph near Lake Victoria for the opening of the African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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In this Friday, June 25, 2010 photo, members of the Positive Ladies Football Club are shown during a practice session in Epworth, about 30 kilometers south east of Harare, Zimbabwe. The team consists of women who are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, and soccer has become more than just a game for them. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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U.S one dollar notes hang on a drying line after been washed in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes, and George Washington comes out much cleaner than before in Zimbabwe-style laundering of dirty money. Zimbabweans trading in the American currency since their own hyper-inflationary notes were abandoned last year say washing their dirtiest cash works. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Alex Mupondi hangs one dollar notes on a drying line after washing them in Harare, Zimbabwe on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes, and George Washington comes out much cleaner than before in Zimbabwe-style laundering of dirty money. Zimbabweans who have begun trading in the American currency since their own hyper-inflationary notes were abandoned last year say washing their dirtiest cash works. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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In this Friday, July 2, 2010 picture, Alex Vaviro place one dollar bills in a washing machine in Harare, Zimbabwe. The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes, and George Washington comes out much cleaner than before in Zimbabwe-style laundering of dirty money. Zimbabweans who have begun trading in the American currency since their own hyper-inflationary notes were abandoned last year say washing their dirtiest cash works. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Alex Vaviro places dirty one dollar notes in a washing machine in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday, July 2, 2010. The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes, and George Washington comes out much cleaner than before in Zimbabwe-style laundering of dirty money. Zimbabweans who have begun trading in the American currency since their own hyper-inflationary notes were abandoned last year say washing their dirtiest cash works. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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In this Friday, July 2, 2010 picture, an unidentified man shows dirty one dollar notes before washing them in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabweans who have begun trading in the American currency since their own hyper-inflationary notes were abandoned last year say washing their dirtiest cash works. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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U.S one dollar notes hang on a drying line after been washed in Harare, Zimbabwe on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes, and George Washington comes out much cleaner than before in Zimbabwe-style laundering of dirty money. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)