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November 29th,a bustling market in the Syrian city of Rehub. In one moment,customers were buying fruits and vegetables. The next moment, an explosion. Witnesses say the bodies were mutilated, decapitated. That's according to Amnasty International,stu
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South, North Korea Begin Removing Landmines from Border South and North Korea are reported to have started removing landmines from along their heavily defended border. 据报道,韩国和朝鲜已开始移除重兵把守的边境区域地雷。 Sou
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BBC Learning English People and places Robin Coupland Dima:Hello, I'm Dima, and today we are seeing a doctor. But not an ordinary doctor. Robin Coupland is the adviser on armed violence for the International Committee of the Red Cross who has spent
AS IT IS 2015-05-11 Students Report on Worldwide Landmine Problem 学生组织就世界地雷问题做调查报告 The International Campaign to Ban Landmines says there are nine new landmine victims around the world every day. A group of young peopl
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 27 September 2007 Army troops in Mali have retaken an area in the northeast of the country that was controlled by rebel Tuareg fighters. The largely nomadic, Berber Tuareg have carried out a series of raids in the isolated des
Ethiopian authorities have arrested 35 people suspected of involvement in a plot to overthrow the government. Those arrested are said to be followers of an exiled opposition leader living in the United States. Government spokesman Ermias Legesse say
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Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike in a busy market in Gaza has killed at least 17 people and wounded 160. Earlier the UN accused Israel of shelling another UN-run school housing refugees in Gaza. Sixteen people were killed and dozens of oth
139 美国激进主义分子敦促布什政府签署地雷协议 Activists Urge US to Sign Landmine Treaty Joe de Capua 11 Jul 2001 02:04 UTC A group of young activists is renewing its efforts to get
Series of Attacks Rock Iraq 伊拉克频繁发生炸弹袭击事件 A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the embassy of Slovakia, in another day of violence in the Iraqi capital. No one was ki
Walk The Earth In Safety At 20 Once the fighting ends, peace treaties are signed and armies disbanded, too often the world assumes that life in former conflict areas will soon return to normal. But in many countries, landmines and unexploded munition
As the fighting rages in Libya, human rights groups are looking to a longer term consequence of the war - the use of landmines. The hazards of mortar fire and rocket attacks are bad enough, but Libyans must now face the renewed problem of anti-person
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A new report finds survivors of landmines and other explosive remnants of war continue to suffer discrimination and general neglect from the governments that promised to assist them. The so-called Voices from the Ground report is issued by Handicap