The correct definition of a South Sea pearl – as described by CIBJO and GIA – is a pearl produced by the Pinctada maxima pearl oyster.

An inscription seemingly carved into the wall above the skeleton reads: " IO FUI GIA QUEL CHE VOI SIETE E QUEL CH ' IO SONO VOI ANCO SARETE " ( I once was what now you are and what I am, you shall yet be ).

The hijacking was a failure for the terrorist group, known as the GIA after an intervention from the GIGN in Marseille, where the plane was grounded.

Most notably, one survivor, Nesroullah Yous, eventually emigrated to France, where he published a book, Qui a tué à Bentalha ?, recounting his own experience and arguing that the GIA had been infiltrated and taken over by the Algerian government, possibly following the Tazoult prison escape.

GIA was also responsible for the first modern diamond grading reports, where it introduced grading methodologies for diamond color and diamond clarity.

GIA issues two types of reports, the more complete being the Diamond Grading Report ( a briefer and less expensive version is called a Diamond Dossier ).

He wrote a paper entitled El Ansar ( The Victor ) in which he expressed support for the actions of the Armed Islamic Group ( GIA ) in Algeria, but he later rejected them when they started killing civilians.

To minimise such differences, seven of the most respected labs, AGTA-GTL ( New York ), CISGEM ( Milano ), GAAJ-ZENHOKYO ( Tokyo ), GIA ( Carlsbad ), GIT ( Bangkok ), Gübelin ( Lucerne ) and SSEF ( Basel ), have established the Laboratory Manual Harmonisation Committee ( LMHC ), for the standardization of wording reports, promotion of certain analytical methods and interpretation of results.

Extremist movements that practice takfir — both the early medieval Kharijites and modern groups such as Takfir wal-Hijra and GIA — usually regard virtually all self-styled Muslims as kafirs.

In the case of organizations such as the GIA ( as mentioned above ), it has been used to legitimize attacks on any Muslim who is not actively fighting against their governments.

No group claimed responsibility, but militant Islamist groups such as the GIA were blamed.

The massacre was attributed to Islamist groups such as the GIA.

The massacres were blamed on Islamist groups such as the GIA.

As such, he notably was the signer of the document announcing that the GIA had assassinated the anti-religious Kabyle singer Lounes Matoub.

In addition to basic jeweler ’ s tools such as loupes, tweezers, and gem cloths, the GIA Instruments product catalog includes sophisticated instruments ranging from microscopes to spectroscopes.

The Vocal Descant Edition for Worship, Third Edition ( GIA Publications, 1994 ) offers 254 descants by such composers as Donald Busarow, John Ferguson, Richard Hillert, Robert Hobby, Hal Hopson, David Hurd, Austin Lovelace, Ronald Nelson, Sam Batt Owens, Robert Powell, Richard Proulx, William P. Rowan, Carl Schalk, Randall Sensmeier, Scott Withrow, and Michael Young.

GIA operated Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 aircraft under wet lease arrangements with other airlines, and connected Kotoka International Airport in Accra with London Gatwick and Düsseldorf.

The AIS, under attack from both sides, opted for a unilateral ceasefire with the government in 1997, while the GIA was torn apart by splits as various subdivisions objected to its new massacre policy.

Initially, the guerrillas in the area belonged to the revived Armed Islamic Movement ( MIA ) and various independent groups ; after 1994, these were integrated into the larger Armed Islamic Group ( GIA ).

In 1994, as negotiations between the government and the FIS's imprisoned leadership reached their height, the GIA declared war on the FIS and its supporters, while the MIA and various smaller groups regrouped, becoming the FIS-loyalist Islamic Salvation Army ( AIS ).

The colorimeter provides output in various grading scales including GIA, GEM, IGI, AGS, and HRD.

GIA or Gia may refer to any one of the following:

GIA colored stone identification reports may include a comment about any treatments detected and an opinion of country of origin for ruby, sapphire, emerald and tourmaline.

A nearby mountain was described as a major GIA base ; the GIA is thus presumed to be responsible.

) Fouad Boulemia, a leading GIA member, was sentenced to death on August 1, 2004 ( for the second time ; he had also been found guilty of killing FIS leader Abdelkader Hachani ) for involvement in the massacre .< ref >.< 1 -- The link still works, but it points to an empty page, so its as good as dead --> The local GIA leader, Laazraoui, was shot dead in October 1997, as another GIA member, Rachid " Djeha " Ould Hamrane, had been earlier ; the latter's sister, Nacira, was imprisoned, and was quoted by Le Matin as saying that " At Bentalha, they cut the throats, I collected jewellery from the corpses ," adding that " To save the families of the ' terrorists ,' I pointed out the homes of sympathizers who should not be massacred.

The massacre was presumed to be the work of the GIA.

He cut it into 15 pieces, of which 3 pieces with 2. 80, 1. 92 and 0. 68 ct were sent to the GIA laboratory for further testing, since he thought them to be Johachiodolite at first.

The documents referred to the ‘ manipulation of the GIA being used as a cover to carry out their own operations ’, and that ‘ there was no evidence to link 1995 Paris bombings to Algerian militants ’.

* 1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.

In 2005, Ghana International Airlines ( GIA ) began services as the new national airline of Ghana.

However, after several years GIA also ceased operations, and at present there exists no Ghanaian airline providing long-haul international services.

Diamonds are graded using a system developed by the Gemological Institute of America ( GIA ) in the early 1950s.

The GIA system included a major innovation: the introduction of 10x magnification as the standard for grading clarity.

* Gemological Institute of America ( GIA ), the main provider of education services and diamond grading reports.

* American Gemological Society ( AGS ) is not as widely recognized nor as old as the GIA.

Important leaders of the GIA in France fell afterward: Khaled Kelkal was killed in Lyon by the EPIGN and Rachid Ramda was arrested in London although it took ten years for the French justice to have him extradited.

** Members of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria kill 7 French Trappist monks, after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down.

Chicago, Ill: GIA Publications.

* FIS, armée, GIA: vainqueurs et vaincus, Riadh Sidaoui, éd.

During this period, the Armed Islamic Group ( GIA ) launched terrorist campaigns against government figures and institutions to protest the banning of the Islamist parties.

When it took to massacring civilians not involved in politics, a faction based in the east-central region broke away in protest, establishing the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( GSPC ), which continued fighting for some time after the effective demise of the GIA.

The Armed Islamic Group ( GIA, al-Jama ' ah al-Islamiyah al-Musallaha, from French Groupe Islamique Armé ; Arabic الجماعة الإسلامية المسل ّ حة ) is an Islamist organisation that wants to overthrow the Algerian government and replace it with an Islamic state.

The GIA adopted violent tactics in 1992 after the military government voided the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front, the largest Islamic opposition party, in the first round of legislative elections held in December 1991.

The GIA conducted a series of bombings in France from 1995 to 1996.

In late 1999, several GIA members were convicted by a French court for the 1995 bombing campaign.