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• Landmine report says progress made, more needed

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 448
  What landmines do: an eloquent image Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Good progress has been made in reducing the number of landmines throughout the world, but much more work remains to be done, with 70 countries still having mines or explosive remnants of war, concludes the Landmine Monitor Report 2009: ...
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• SRI LANKA: Landmines, unexploded ordnance a barrier to return

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 715
  Source: IRIN Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are a key obstacle to the return of thousands of conflict-displaced to their homes in northern Sri Lanka, say government and UN officials.
  2 days ago

• Years after conflict, war legacy kills

  
  In the Field — Authority: 504
  HONG KONG, China – My recent interview with Aki Ra, a Cambodian dedicated to landmine removal after being forced as a child by Khmer Rouge to plant mines, reminded me of my own close brush with unexploded ordnance. A Cambodian woman walks past a landmine awareness sign near the Thai border in July 2007. ...
  6 days ago

• Local paramedic cycles for landmine removal

  
  Take the Lane — Authority: 123
  A Cambridge paramedic will be one of two Canadians riding in a pretty unusual fundraising bicycle event next February and March. Medics In Motion -- Vietnam to Cambodia , is the Canadian contingent that will join 40 cyclists from around the world who are riding 500 kilometres over five days to raise money and ...
  1 week ago

• The Longest Walk

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 507
  "My hands had slipped twice in two days on landmines I was defusing. By the third day I thought - thats enough."
  1 week ago

• Report slams bank links to clusterbomb production

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 715
  Source: Reuters * Study names banks and arms companies * Research used publicly available information (Adds names of arms manufacturers) By Olesya Dmitracova LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Leading banks have ...
  1 week ago

• Top banks fund cluster bombs as ban nears - report

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 715
  Source: Reuters By Olesya Dmitracova LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Leading banks have funded cluster bomb-makers to the tune of $5 billion in the past two years despite an international accord to ban the weapons, a ...
  1 week ago

• Confessing for Two

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
              How does one write personally about being an identical twin without exposing one’s twin in the process?              I discovered it’s impossible.             I set out to write a book—ultimately titled One and the Same —which told the unvarnished truth about ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chiongbian reaps support of Sarangani leaders

  
  enjoyfrancis.com — Authority: 462
  LEADERS in Sarangani expressed their gratitude to Chiongbian during the latter’s declaration of candidacy for accepting the challenge in politics and showing what he can do for the province’s further read more See the original post here: Chiongbian reaps support of Sarangani leaders
  2 weeks ago

• Armm’s solgen to seek mayoralty post in 2010

  
  enjoyfrancis.com — Authority: 462
  KIDAPAWAN CITY — The solicitor-general of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) is seeking for the mayoral post of a town in Maguindanao. read more Go here to see the original: Armm’s solgen to seek mayoralty post in 2010
  2 weeks ago

• Landmines target soldiers in Nocot

  
  enjoyfrancis.com — Authority: 462
  KIDAPAWAN CITY — Landmines planted along the highway in Arakan were meant for soldiers operating in the area, according to a top military official. read more Read the original: Landmines target soldiers in Nocot
  2 weeks ago

• Turkish PM Meets PM Gilani

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 459
  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Turkish PM Meets PM Gilani , Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister House here on Sunday. Turkish Prime Minister, who was accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan, cabinet members, parliamentarians and senior government ...
  2 weeks ago

• Terror Bid Foiled, 7 Landmines Recovered: Peshawar

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 459
  Peshawar, Pakistan: The police here failed terror bid to restore seven mines in the area of Peshawar Pushtakhra Sunday. According to the police mines were recovered near a police check-post and under the bridge Pukhtay. The police said the fear of prison is the Saboteurs the mines hidden under the bridge.
  2 weeks ago

• 31 Afghans Arrested in Kashmore

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 459
  KASHMORE, Pakistan: 31 Afghans Arrested in Kashmore, Police and the Rangers attacked two passenger buses in Kashmore detained for 31 Afghan nationals, including eight women and three children. According to sources, police and Rangers in a joint operation carried out in a coach of attack in Dera More from Peshawar ...
  2 weeks ago

• Turkish PM Meets PM Gilani

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 459
  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Turkish PM Meets PM Gilani , Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister House here on Sunday. Turkish Prime Minister, who was accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan, cabinet members, parliamentarians and senior government ...
  2 weeks ago

• Terror Bid Foiled, 7 Landmines Recovered: Peshawar

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 459
  Peshawar, Pakistan: The police here failed terror bid to restore seven mines in the area of Peshawar Pushtakhra Sunday. According to the police mines were recovered near a police check-post and under the bridge Pukhtay. The police said the fear of prison is the Saboteurs the mines hidden under the bridge. It can ...
  2 weeks ago

• Terror Bid Foiled, 7 Landmines Recovered: Peshawar

  
  A Pakistan News — Authority: 577
  Peshawar, Pakistan: The police here failed terror bid to restore seven mines in the area of Peshawar Pushtakhra Sunday. According to the police mines were recovered near a police check-post and under the bridge Pukhtay. The police said the fear of prison is the Saboteurs the mines hidden under the bridge. It can ...
  2 weeks ago

• Peshawar: terror bid foiled, 7 landmines recovered

  
  AIndiaNews.com — Authority: 460
  PESHAWAR: Police have foiled terror bid here recovering seven landmines from the Pushtakhra area of Peshawar Sunday. According to Police landmines were recovered nearby a police check-post and under the Pukhtay Bridge. Police said in fear of being apprehended the saboteurs hid the landmines under the bridge. It ...
  2 weeks ago

• SRI LANKA: MAG contributes to reconstruction, growth and stability

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 715
  MAG (Mines Advisory Group) MAGs ongoing activities in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the civil war are helping to:- Support the return of internally displaced people (IDPs)- Create a more secure environment for the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Swiss will lead Colombia intl. demining conference

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 448
  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland will lead efforts to backup a major conference that opens 29 November in Colombia, the Cartagena summit on a mine-free world. The conference marks the 10th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty entering into force and provides the opportunity for its second review ...
  2 weeks ago

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