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2 weeks, 1 day ago

'Landmines loom over' GOP agenda with warning Congress not 'on the same page' with Trump

Republicans in Congress and the incoming Donald Trump administration are facing an internal battle over the president-elect’s “first 100-day agenda” as senators prepare to push border security and energy production over House GOP calls for a tax bill, CNN reports. The strife represents “a preview of the landmines looming over the GOP’s ambitious agenda despite controlling all of Washington,” according …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

U.S. landmine offer to Ukraine throws global treaty into 'crisis': campaign group

Raw Story

A U.S. offer to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines to help battle Russia's invasion has thrown a landmark global anti-landmine treaty into "crisis", campaigners said Friday, urging Kyiv to snub the proposal. The offer has thrown the treaty into "crisis", Tamar Gabelnick, director of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, told a meeting of signatories in Cambodia's Siem Reap. "We have …

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4 weeks ago

Landmine victims gather to protest U.S. decision to supply Ukraine

Raw Story

Landmine victims from across the world gathered at a conference in Cambodia on Tuesday to protest the United States' decision to give landmines to Ukraine, with Kyiv's delegation expected to report at the meet. "Look what antipersonnel landmines will do to your people," read one placard held by two landmine victims. Alex Munyambabazi, who lost a leg to a landmine …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

UN chief slams landmine threat days after US decision to supply Ukraine

Deccan Chronicle

Siem Reap: The UN Secretary-General on Monday slammed the "renewed threat" of anti-personnel landmines, days after the United States said it would supply the weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia's invasion. In remarks sent to a conference in Cambodia to review progress on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, UN chief Antonio Guterres hailed the work of clearing and destroying landmines …

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Why is US sending anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine? What are they? Why are they controversial?

Live Mint

The United States has decided to supply Ukraine with anti-personnel landmines, signaling a shift in its policy on a controversial weapon that has long been condemned for its impact on civilians. Nonpersistent mines: The Joe Biden administration is sending Ukraine electrically fused, battery-powered anti-personnel mines with a limited lifespan. Civilian protection commitments: The US has secured assurances from Ukraine to …

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1 month ago

Myanmar overtakes Syria to become country with highest number of people killed by landmines

The Independent

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1 month ago

Why Biden's landmines won't help Ukraine win war, may end up hurting it more

Firstpost

US President Joe Biden’s decision to supply Ukraine with anti-personnel landmines raises more problems than it solves. The agricultural sector, once a pillar of Ukraine’s GDP, has seen its contribution plummet, with landmines suppressing exports and rendering vast tracts of farmland unusable. However, the contamination of arable land has slashed agricultural productivity contributing to an annual GDP loss of $11.2 …

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1 month ago

'An inauspicious day': the landmines ruining Myanmar lives

Raw Story

It was an unlucky day in the Burmese calendar, farmer Yar Swe Kyin warned her husband in July, begging him not to go out to check on their crops. That conflict has been turbocharged by the junta's 2021 coup, which birthed dozens of newer "People's Defence Forces" now battling to topple the military. In eastern Kayah state, a short journey …

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1 month ago

J-K: Forest fire triggers landmine explosions along LoC in Poonch

India TV News

In a significant development from Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, nearly half a dozen landmines, part of an anti-infiltration obstacle system, exploded following a forest fire along the Line of Control on Wednesday. According to information released by authorities, around six blasts were heard consecutively over the past few hours as the forest fire triggered the landmines. 'Investigation Underway' Meanwhile, …

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1 month ago

Sharp rise recorded in landmine casualties in 2023, warns report

Al Jazeera

Civilians, including children, make up 84 percent of landmine casualties, with the highest numbers last year in Myanmar. There were more than 5,700 casualties last year, the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor group said in its annual report published on Wednesday. “Hence, casualties can occur among whoever triggers the mine, whether a child or a soldier, as well as anyone …

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1 month, 1 week ago

In Cyprus, Ukrainians learn how to dispose of landmines that kill and maim hundreds

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — In a Cypriot National Guard camp, Ukrainians are being trained on how to identify, locate and dispose of landmines and other unexploded munitions that litter huge swaths of their country, killing and maiming hundreds of people, including children. So far, almost 100 Ukrainian armed forces personnel have taken part in three training cycles over the last two …

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5 months, 1 week ago

‘North Korean landmines could float into South Korea’

The Hindu

North Korean landmines could be swept into South Korea by flooding, South Korea's military warned on July 17, after the North has recently placed tens of thousands of additional deadly explosives along the rivals' heavily fortified border. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff told local reporters that flooding caused by summer rainfall could wash the mines over the border, adding …

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6 months ago

Multiple North Korean soldiers 'killed or injured' by exploding landmines inside Demilitarized Zone just hours before Putin's meeting with Kim Jong Un

Daily Mail

Multiple North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured in a landmine explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone as South Korea fired warning shots early Tuesday morning. The South Korean military said it fired the shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals' land border for the second time this month. North Korean soldiers were reportedly 'killed or …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

One Dead, 2 Injured in Landmine Explosion in Mulugu Forest

Deccan Chronicle

Warangal: A 55-year-old man was killed and two others were injured in an explosion of landmine allegedly planted by the proscribed Maoist group in the Kongala Gutta forest region in Wazedu mandal of Mulugu district on Monday. While two of them returned home, the other three remained in the forest when Yesu reportedly stepped on an IED landmine which triggered …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

International Mine Awareness Day 2024: Date, Theme, History & Significance

The Quint

The history of International Mine Awareness Day can be traced back to 1980 when the International Committee of the Red Cross first proposed the idea of a day to raise awareness about the dangers of landmines. The idea for an International Mine Awareness Day was first proposed in 1980 by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The ICRC's proposal …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Princess Diana’s 1997 landmine walk: ‘I come with my heart’

BBC

Princess Diana’s 1997 landmine walk: ‘I come with my heart’ Getty Images These BBC archive clips reveal an intimate look at Diana, Princess of Wales's landmine walk in Angola on 15 January 1997. It's an evocative image — and it was intended to be: Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a protective visor and flak jacket, walking through a live minefield …

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1 year ago

Killer mines in Kuwait keep Gulf War alive and deadly

Al Jazeera

Kuwait City, Kuwait – The Israeli military has said that it has planted landmines along parts of the Gaza-Israel fence to prevent further infiltrations of the Palestinian armed group Hamas following its attack on southern Israel on October 7. More than three decades after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990-1991 by 100,000 Iraqi soldiers under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, landmines …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Trump's lawyers planting 'legal landmines' as Manhattan fraud trial looks to be a loser

Raw Story

As Donald Trump's bank fraud trial enters its third week, observers are noting the former president's lawyers appear to be employing a deliberate strategy of dragging it out for a multitude of reasons, one of which includes baiting New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur F. Engoron in an effort to bolster an inevitable appeal. According to a report from the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Landmines, booby traps and tripwires — the hidden threats covering one-third of Ukraine

ABC

They are scattered throughout fields, forests and buried under roads. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said around 170,000 square kilometres of land — about 2.5 times the size of Tasmania — across Ukraine has been contaminated with "death traps". John Shanahan, a retired brigadier and the managing director of mine detection technology firm MRead, said it was the modern and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

South Sudan struggles to clear landmines after decades of war

Al Jazeera

For the first time since fleeing South Sudan’s civil war eight years ago, Jacob Wani returned home, excited to rebuild his life. If I go, maybe something can hurt me.” As South Sudanese trickle back into the country after a peace deal signed in 2018 to end a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and displaced millions, many …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Ukraine’s farmers risk landmines in order to plant

LA Times

A grassy lane rutted with tire tracks leads to Volodymyr Zaiets’ farm in southern Ukraine. They have soaring production and transportation costs caused by Russia’s blockade of many Black Sea ports, and several neighboring European countries imposed import restrictions on Ukrainian grain to prevent a glut. The “drastic reduction” of grain crops potentially threatens global food security, said Pierre Vauthier, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Civilians face heightened danger from Colombia’s landmines

Al Jazeera

Bogota, Colombia – Berna Nastacuas Pai held a dangerous job as a member of a patrol that guards his Indigenous Awa community in southern Colombia. “Armed groups are placing landmines near civilian populations, near roads and paths that civilians as well as other armed groups and army members use,” Gonzalez said. Anyone can be a victim.” Last year, Colombia was …

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1 year, 10 months ago

‘I just want my legs back': Myanmar landmine casualties soar

Associated Press

BANGKOK — The 3-year-old boy had taken only two steps from his mother’s lap when a deafening explosion rang out. But in Myanmar, which isn’t party to the treaty, the use of mines has soared since the military seized power from the democratically elected government in February 2021 and armed resistance has skyrocketed. Landmines are planted by all sides of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Officials: 13-year-old killed by landmine in Yemen port city

Associated Press

SANAA, Yemen — A landmine killed a 13-year-old boy in the contested Yemeni city of Hodeida, medical and security officials said Friday, the latest in a string of similar incidents in the war-torn country. According to Yemeni Landmine Records, a group that documents landmine casualties, 32 people in Yemen were killed by landmines and other unexploded ordinance last month. Yemen’s …

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'Landmines loom over' GOP agenda with warning Congress not 'on the same page' with Trump

U.S. landmine offer to Ukraine throws global treaty into 'crisis': campaign group

Landmine victims gather to protest U.S. decision to supply Ukraine

UN chief slams landmine threat days after US decision to supply Ukraine

Why is US sending anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine? What are they? Why are they controversial?

Myanmar overtakes Syria to become country with highest number of people killed by landmines

Why Biden's landmines won't help Ukraine win war, may end up hurting it more

'An inauspicious day': the landmines ruining Myanmar lives

J-K: Forest fire triggers landmine explosions along LoC in Poonch

Sharp rise recorded in landmine casualties in 2023, warns report

In Cyprus, Ukrainians learn how to dispose of landmines that kill and maim hundreds

‘North Korean landmines could float into South Korea’

Multiple North Korean soldiers 'killed or injured' by exploding landmines inside Demilitarized Zone just hours before Putin's meeting with Kim Jong Un

One Dead, 2 Injured in Landmine Explosion in Mulugu Forest

International Mine Awareness Day 2024: Date, Theme, History & Significance

Princess Diana’s 1997 landmine walk: ‘I come with my heart’

Killer mines in Kuwait keep Gulf War alive and deadly

Trump's lawyers planting 'legal landmines' as Manhattan fraud trial looks to be a loser

Landmines, booby traps and tripwires — the hidden threats covering one-third of Ukraine

South Sudan struggles to clear landmines after decades of war

Ukraine’s farmers risk landmines in order to plant

Civilians face heightened danger from Colombia’s landmines

‘I just want my legs back': Myanmar landmine casualties soar

Officials: 13-year-old killed by landmine in Yemen port city