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- More than 100 countries adopt cluster bomb ban
- DUBLIN AFP — A landmark international convention banning cluster munitions was formally adopted by 111 countries here Friday, in a move organisers hope will stigmatise the lethal weapons as much as landmines. Diplomats adopted the treaty without objection at the end of 12 days of robust negotiation at Croke...
- Research articles 2008-05-30
- Europe and UN to help Jordan clear border landmines
- AMMAN AFP — The European Commission and the UN Development Programme signed an agreement with Jordan on Thursday to help the desert kingdom clear landmines along its northern border with Syria. The commission said in a statement it will contribute 4.5 million euros more than seven million dollars to...
- Research articles 2008-04-24
- Bomb attack kills three police in Yemen
- SANAA, April 16, 2008 AFP — Three Yemeni policemen were killed and four wounded on Wednesday when a bomb went off as they parked their car in the city of Marib, security and hospital sources said. The blast occurred at the spot where the policemen parked every day in...
- Research articles 2008-04-16
- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency: combating the threat of small arms and light weapons overseas
- The problem of unsecured and uncontrolled small arms and light weapons SALW throughout the world, but particularly in lesser developed regions like Africa, has been recognized for years. Since the 1970s, at least forty civilian aircraft have been hit by man-portable air defense systems MANPADS (1), with several of these...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- West Virginia firm donates detectors to locate landmines and explosive remnants of war.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 February 2008-US Department of State: West Virginia firm donates detectors to locate landmines and explosive remnants of warC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21022008 The U.S. Department of State is pleased to recognize Schonstedt Instrument Company's donation of over...
- Research articles 2008-02-22
- Roots of Peace Builds School on Former Afghan Battlefield with Contributions from American Students.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 February 2008-US DEPT OF STATE: Roots of Peace Builds School on Former Afghan Battlefield with Contributions from American StudentsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07022008 The school when it just consisted of some tents and a large grape vine when Heidi...
- Research articles 2008-02-08
- Civil Society Groups and Diplomatic Community Come Together for Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 5, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- November 5th is the Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs where people from around the world will demonstrate to governments their global public concerns about the problem of cluster bombs and their severe, predictable and...
- Research articles 2007-11-05
- Media Advisory: Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs; Disable cluster bombs, not people!
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Oct 31, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- November 5th is a Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs. It is a day where people from around the world will demonstrate to governments their concerns about the problem of cluster bombs and the severe, preventable...
- Research articles 2007-10-31
- DynCorp International to Provide Landmine Clearance Advice, Assistance, and Equipment to Lebanon
- FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- The U.S. Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement has awarded DynCorp International LLC DI a task order to assist in the clearance of landmines and other unexploded ordnance in Lebanon. The task order has a potential value of $2 million over a...
- Research articles 2007-08-16
- Honey bees hunt for landmines in Croatia
- ZAGREB AFP — Swarms of honey bees buzz over Croatian meadows in an experimental hunt for explosives, making them new recruits in authorities' efforts to clear away thousands of potentially deadly landmines. Researchers have been carrying out tests to see how well the bees can detect the scent of...
- Research articles 2007-08-06
- Cambodian war victims find new pride on the volleyball court
- KEAN KLEANG, Cambodia AFP — As a young soldier battling the Khmer Rouge along the border with Vietnam, Puch Sarum knew the war would end some day and dreamed of having a good life in a peaceful Cambodia. One wrong step nearly 20 years ago changed all of that....
- Research articles 2007-08-05
- Letters
- AMC: Supporting the Warfighter * Discussions of military transformation have for too long focused almost exclusively on the combat forces. Without question, this is important; however, the transformation of fighting forces is complemented and supported by an equally serious effort to recast logistics and support capabilities. Indeed, as we have...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- As time goes by
- The News Quiz on Radio Four gives its participants a direct line to Middle England. We forget that a decade ago Princess Di was losing her popularity rather fast, thanks to her high living and a succession of partners who did not -- how can I put this? -- snugly...
- Research articles 2007-03-17
- Canada At A Glance: AM.
- Byline: Resource News International WINNIPEG, MB, Jan 11, 2007 Resource News International via COMTEX -- The following is a quick glimpse of the news making the headlines in Canada. CANADIAN SOLDIER INJURED IN LANDMINE BLAST KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - A Canadian soldier...
- Research articles 2007-01-11
- Landmine ambush kills 14 federal troopers in eastern India
- RANCHI, India AFP — At least 14 Indian paramilitary soldiers have died when a landmine planted by suspected Maoist rebels exploded in the troubled eastern state of Jharkhand. Six other troopers were injured in the attack that destroyed their vehicle near the steel-producing town of Bokaro, some 130 kilometres (80...
- Research articles 2006-12-02
- UN says Israel planted landmines in Lebanon as four wounded
- BEIRUT AFP — Four members of an international demining team have been wounded in an Israeli-laid minefield in south Lebanon, a UN spokeswoman said, adding it was the first evidence of use by the Jewish state of anti-personnel mines in the summer conflict. One British and one Bosnian deminer working...
- Research articles 2006-11-25
- Department of State salutes Grapes for Humanity for assistance to Cambodian landmine survivors.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 November 2006-US STATE DEPARTMENT: Department of State salutes Grapes for Humanity for assistance to Cambodian landmine survivorsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20112006 Cambodian survivors of landmine and unexploded ordnance accidents will receive additional rehabilitative assistance thanks to more than ...
- Research articles 2006-11-21
- Landmines cleared from strategic Mozambique railway line
- WASHINGTON AFP — The last landmines and unexploded ordnance blocking Mozambique's vital Sena Railway line have been removed, thanks largely to some 13 million dollars (10 million euros) in US aid, the US State Department said. The humanitarian mine action assistance launched in 2002 "has saved lives, created jobs, encouraged...
- Research articles 2006-10-17
- Landmine detection.
- The California-based Alliance Enterprise Corporation claims a breakthrough in developing an airborne system to locate, detect and map unexploded landmines, Using state-of-the-art sensor technology from Siemens and NASA aboard a highly maneuverable saucer-shaped aircraft (the LML or Land Mine Locator--pictured), the development promises to reduce...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- US offers to demine insurgency-hit Indian state
- RAIPUR, India AFP — The United States has offered to help the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh disarm landmines across huge tracts of forests controlled by outlawed Maoist guerrillas, officials said. Two representatives from the US consulate in Mumbai visited the state capital of Raipur Thursday and made the...
- Research articles 2006-05-26
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