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Britain, U.S. to launch unmanned mine detectors in Persian Gulf
London :: United Kingdom | 18 days ago
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Britain and the United States are sending 19 underwater drones to the Persian Gulf to conduct a mine counter-measure exercise, military officials said. Up to 40 nations will take part in the three-week exercise scheduled to start next week, The
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Sri Lanka: Explosion claims life of de-mining worker in Mukamaalai
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 1 month ago
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Explosion claims life of de-mining worker in Mukamaalai [TamilNet, Monday, 08 April 2013, 14:09 GMT] A Halo Trust worker lost his life in a landmine explosion Monday morning, while he was engaged in de-mining at Mukamaalai, a former Forward Defence
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UNIFIL makes steady progress in mine-clearing along Blue Line
Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 month ago
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Wednesday that peacekeepers have secured passages free of land mines along the Blue Line, as Lebanon marked the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action...Paolo Serra underlined the importance of visibly marking the Blue
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Iran ready to offer demining expertise to other counties...
Tehrān :: Iran | 1 month ago
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Iranian Minister of Defense and Logistics of Armed Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said that the Islamic Republic is prepared to offer its mine sweeping experience to other counties and help in the clearance of mine fields worldwide. In a
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FCO Director For South Asia Visits Jaffna
Jaffna :: Sri Lanka | 1 month ago
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55 editor Foreign and Commonwealth Office Director for South Asia, Neil Crompton, made an official visit to Jaffna on Wednesday, 27 March, 2013, along with the British Deputy High Commissioner, Robbie Bulloch. Trust and a micro-finance initiative
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UN expands mine action work in Africa and South Asia
Tripoli :: Libya | 2 months ago
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Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Libya, Somalia and South Sudan, thanks to a multi-million dollar contribution from the Government of Japan...The UN agency will divide the funds among its programmes in five countries. In
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Afghanistan a Minefield for the Innocent
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
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IPS Articles A signatory to the UN Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or the Ottawa Convention as it is called, Afghanistan is littered with anti-personnel mines that are built to maim...The work, which is extremely time-consuming, has meant that a
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Camp Pendleton training could get loud Friday
Orange :: NH :: USA | 3 months ago
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It could get noisy at Camp Pendleton on Friday as Marine Corps units do mine-clearing exercises in a designated impact zone between 6 a.m. and midnight. The base said explosions will contain 1,750 pounds of linked C-4, detonated to breach mine fields.
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Mali: UN provides training in mine clearance to security forces
Bamako :: Mali | 3 months ago
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The unexploded ordinance is believed to be linked to the recent armed conflict, Frisby said in an interview, adding that there is also historic landmine contamination closer to the border with Algeria predating the intervention. Police, Gendarmerie,
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Israel's Defensive Minefield Near Eilat to be Destroyed
Jerusalem :: Israel | 3 months ago
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According to reports in the daily "YIsrael Hayom ", the mines were placed in the area in the sixties and seventies. The minefields surround the city as well as Israel Electric Company and Water Authority installations along the Arava road. Over 10,
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