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Land Mine Summary
695 words, approx. 2 pages
A land mine is a hidden explosive device that is buried in the ground. There are basic one-stage mines that explode on contact, and two-stage models that fly into the air before shattering into deadly shrapnel. A few types illuminate the battlefield...
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Land Mines Summary
609 words, approx. 2 pages
First identified as a humanitarian concern in Afghanistan and Cambodia in the late 1980s, land mines have become an international issue. Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Angola are the world's most seriously affected countries; other Asian countries...
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Land mine Information
4,505 words, approx. 15 pages
A land mine is an explosive device designed to be placed on or in the ground to explode when triggered by an operator or the proximity of a vehicle, person, or animal. The name originates from the practice of mining, where tunnels were dug under enemy...


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Top Producer
Land Mines.
03/16/2005: 1,123 words, approx. 4 pages
Byline: Art Andersen Growing up on a very small farm didn't provide much knowledge to draw on in the building of a large grain farming operation. My dad was a hog producer, farrow to finish, and the "technology" of his day was...
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The Economist (US)
Ban the mine. (land mines) (Editorial)
12/25/1993: 648 words, approx. 2 pages
The US has banned the export of anti-personnel land mines, and the UN General Assembly has called for an international ban on the export of these destructive devices. It is becoming increasingly obvious that these weapons have caused misery to countless civilians. WOOLLY...
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Land mine accidents drop in Afghanistan
4/4/2007: 838 words, approx. 3 pages
At a lecture on dangers of land mines, the schoolchildren listened in horror as a guest speaker recounted how his left leg was blown off above the knee. It was three years ago, 11-year-old Massoud said, and he had been playing with a kite near...
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Land mine victims aim for volleyball win
11/19/2007: 508 words, approx. 2 pages
Yim Vanna contemplated suicide after a land mine blew off his leg. But then something came along that gave him hope and a sense of self-worth — volleyball.Today, the 5-foot-2 athlete is the captain of Cambodia's 12-man national disability volleyball squad, determined to jump for...
 


 

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