Group: Work half done to clear the world of land mines, a decade after treaty’s signing
Group: Work half done to clear world of land mines Explosions of anti-personnel mines kill 3 adults, wound 2 children in Colombian family
3 Colombians die in anti-personnel mine blasts Al-Qaida-linked militants suspected in Philippine bomb blast, attack on southern baseZAMBOANGA, Philippines — Muslim militants with ties to al-Qaida planted a bomb that wounded two civilians in the southern Philippines and in a separate attack shelled a runway near where U.S. counterterrorism troops are based, officials said Thursday. Official: 2 US soldiers killed by landmine in southern PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a landmine attack Tuesday by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines, military officials said. Official: 1 US soldier killed, 1 wounded in a landmine explosion in southern PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines military says one U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded in a landmine explosion in the country’s insurgent-plagued south. 2 US sailors, Filipino marine killed by blast in southern PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Two U.S. sailors and a Filipino marine were killed Tuesday in a roadside bomb believed planted by al-Qaida linked militants, the first American troops to die in an attack in the Philippines in seven years. 2 US soldiers killed by blast in southern PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Two U.S. Navy construction troops and a Philippines marine were killed Tuesday in a roadside blast in the southern Philippines that officials said was likely an attack by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants. China training Afghans, Iraqis in mine clearance as part of efforts to short up tiesBEIJING — China’s army is training Iraqi and Afghan soldiers to clear land mines, a sign of Beijing’s desire to expand engagement with the two countries despite wariness over the presence of U.S. forces. Thai elephant maimed by land mine a decade ago damages newly fitted artificial limbBANGKOK — An elephant fitted with an artificial limb 10 years after stepping on a land mine has had a minor setback, damaging the device attached to her left front leg. Thai elephant takes jubilant debut stroll on artificial leg 10 years after land mine blastLAMPANG, Thailand — Motola, an elephant who lost a foot and part of her leg when she stepped on a land mine 10 years ago, happily if tentatively stepped out Sunday after being fitted with an artificial limb. Thailand elephant fitted with artificial leg 10 years after stepping on land mineLAMPANG, Thailand — Motola, a female elephant who stepped on a land mine 10 years ago and endured painful operations, was fitted Saturday in Thailand for a permanent artificial leg. Cambodia bans ‘Miss Landmine’ beauty pageant, saying it mocks the disabledPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Cambodian government said Monday it will not allow a “Miss Landmine” beauty pageant to take place later this week, calling it an insult to the disabled. Joint US-Vietnam report shows scope of land mine, bomb contamination is vast in VietnamHANOI, Vietnam — More than one-third of the land in six central Vietnamese provinces remains contaminated with land mines and unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War, according to a study released Friday. Land mine dropped off at Colo. thrift store _ luckily _ a dudARVADA, Colo. — A land mine recently left at a thrift store was authentic — but luckily inert. Land mine left in Goodwill donation box in Denver area forces evacuation of strip mallARVADA, Colo. — A land mine found in a suburban Denver Goodwill donation box forced the evacuation of a strip mall. Nobody in or out: Sri Lanka interns Tamil war refugees with help of foreign aidCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In just six months, one of the world’s largest camps for war refugees has been carved out of the jungles of northern Sri Lanka, complete with banks, post offices, schools and a supermarket. But no one is allowed out, and hardly anyone is allowed in. New Myanmar refugees flee into Thailand as others resettled in world’s largest programMAE SOT, Thailand — As the 50,000th Myanmar refugee to be resettled abroad recently left Thailand for the United States, thousands of others fled their military-ruled homeland to seek shelter under tarps and in temples along the Thai-Myanmar border. Suicide bomb outside NATO base in southern Afghanistan kills 1 civilian, wounds 8KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber struck early Monday outside the main NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing a civilian and wounding eight other people, as U.S. Marines pressed a major anti-Taliban offensive in a neighboring province. 3 British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan; 16 deminers kidnapped in the eastKABUL — Insurgent attacks killed three British soldiers in the southern Afghanistan region where thousands of U.S. Marines pushed forward with the American military’s biggest anti-Taliban offensive since the hard-line Islamist regime was toppled. An oasis amidst war, Afghan valley seeks to lure tourists to help it return to normalcyBAMIYAN, Afghanistan — There’s a new building in town, and it isn’t a military barracks or a hospital. It’s a Tourist Information Center. Saving the past and the future: Afghans remove artifacts along with minesBAMIYAN, Afghanistan — On a rocky hillside in central Afghanistan, men in visored helmets and protective blue smocks gently scratch the earth for land mines — or shards of pottery from the sixth century. Afghanistan: Where tourists go to relax?BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — There’s a new building in town, and it isn’t a military barracks or a hospital. It’s a Tourist Information Center. Iraq far behind in mine clearence, will miss international deadline to clear old weaponsBAGHDAD — The Iraqi government’s failure to grasp the scope of its land mine and bomb problem has derailed efforts to clear what is considered one of the world’s most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday. More violence, less funding delays clearing of deadly land mines in AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan — Kneeling in the hot morning sun, a few men carefully poke and prod at the baked earth on the outskirts of the Afghan capital. As cars and trucks drive past just a few yards away, one man unearths a deadly mine and puts explosives on it. Georgia: Blast near EU vehicle kills 1 outside Abkhazia, doctor injuredTBILISI, Georgia — A land mine explosion killed the driver of a Georgian medical aid vehicle that was accompanying European Union monitors patrolling a tense area Sunday near breakaway Abkhazia, police and EU officials said. Explosive legacy: Long after war, Okinawa remains battlefield of buried bombsITOMAN, Japan — Under a blazing mid-afternoon sun, 1st Lt. Toshikazu Nakano squats in a muddy pit at the edge of a housing development and brushes rocks away from a shiny metal object lodged firmly in the ground. He stops for a moment and barks orders to the rest of his team. Land mine blast kills 4 police, 1 polling official during India’s electionsPATNA, India — Suspected communist rebels blew up a jeep carrying polling officials in eastern India, killing five people as part of a wave of violence that has marred India’s elections, officials said Friday. |
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