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Total number of land-mines; 110 million in 64 countries ... ; Human cost of land-mines; 800 deaths a month, mostly innocent civilians, with thousands more maimed for life; ... Country Number of land-mines per square mile Estimated total number of land-mine...
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www.unicef.org/sowc96pk/hidekill.htm
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Unlike other weapons of war, landmines and unexploded ordnance are unique in that their destructiveness is indiscriminate, and long outlasts the conflicts for which they were used. ... The Flying Team is composed of consultants with substantial experience in mine action and related fields in a variety of country contexts.
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www.unicef.org/emerg/index_landmines.html
www.unicef.org/emerg/index_landmines.html
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Land mine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A land mine is a target (person or vehicle) triggered explosive weapon. Their non-explosive predecessors (caltrops, stakes and spikes) have been used on the battlefield since ancient times. Landmine...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mine
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Children In Need Magazine covers issues that affect children - human rights, violence, war, child labor, exploitation, education, poverty, hunger and disease and the environment.
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www.childreninneed.com/magazine/producemines.html
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; COUNTRY TOTAL MINES ... Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,000,000 ... Costa Rica -
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www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/banmines/resources/affected.a...
www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/banmines/resources/affected.asp
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See a world map of countries and regions affected by landmines. ... As this map shows, there is still a long way to go before the world is free of anti-personnel landmines. The countries worst-affected are those which have experienced wars in the past 20 years. Some armed groups continue to use them. ... Country Profiles...
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/7121049.stm
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allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience ... Angola moved a step forward in its programme to rid the country of landmines when it successfully beat a 1 January 2007 deadline to destroy known stockpiles of mines.
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allafrica.com/stories/200701250776.html
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State minister for disabilities Sulaiman Madada said landmines continue to pose challenges to development, ... "I was approached by the standing committee, chaired by the governments of Austria and Sudan, to become the first country to develop a comprehensive plan in victim assistance. It is an honour for Uganda to have...
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allafrica.com/stories/200708060461.html
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Things were hardly helped by British academic Tony Thorndike’s description of the country as ‘the most corrupt society in the Commonwealth Caribbean, hosting a notorious amorality from top to bottom’.
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