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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Land Mines</title>
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		<title>Blast from old land mine kills 6 Somali children from same family; baby and parents survive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Land mine kills 6 Somali children in same family

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A community leader in Somalia says an explosion of an old land mine has killed six children from the same family near the border with Ethiopia.
Hareri Hassan Barre says six children between the ages of 3 and 11 were killed by the blast as .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/blast-from-old-land-mine-kills-6-somali-children-from-same-family-baby-and-parents-survive-243852/">Blast from old land mine kills 6 Somali children from same family; baby and parents survive</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Group: Work half done to clear the world of land mines, a decade after treaty&#8217;s signing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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Group: Work half done to clear world of land mines

GENEVA — Significant progress has been made in removing land mines around the world, but the hidden devices killed more than 1,260 people last year, the International Campaign to Ban Land mines said Thursday.
Land mines have been cleared from 3,200 square kilometers (1,236 square miles) in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/group-work-half-done-to-clear-the-world-of-land-mines-a-decade-after-treatys-signing-227032/">Source article &nbsp;: Group: Work half done to clear the world of land mines, a decade after treaty&#8217;s signing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Explosions of anti-personnel mines kill 3 adults, wound 2 children in Colombian family</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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3 Colombians die in anti-personnel mine blasts

BOGOTA — Colombian officials say three adults have been killed and two children wounded in two related anti-personnel mine blasts in the country&#8217;s northwest.
The top security official in the town of Dabeiba, Wesly Uran, says two brothers aged 9 and 10 were wounded Thursday night when they set off ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/explosions-of-anti-personnel-mines-kill-3-adults-wound-2-children-in-colombian-family-221167/">Explosions of anti-personnel mines kill 3 adults, wound 2 children in Colombian family</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Qaida-linked militants suspected in Philippine bomb blast, attack on southern base</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA, Philippines — Muslim militants with ties to al-Qaida planted a bomb that wounded two civilians in the southern Philippines and in a separate attack shelled a runway near where U.S. counterterrorism troops are based, officials said Thursday.

There were no casualties among American or Filipino troops in the Abu Sayyaf attack on the airport on ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/al-qaida-linked-militants-suspected-in-philippine-bomb-blast-attack-on-southern-base-190147/" title="Al-Qaida-linked militants suspected in Philippine bomb blast, attack on southern base">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 2 US soldiers killed by landmine in southern Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a landmine attack Tuesday by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines, military officials said.

U.S. officials did not immediately comment on the blast.
It was believed to be just the second time U.S. soldiers have been killed in the southern Philippines in violence blamed on the Abu ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-2-us-soldiers-killed-by-landmine-in-southern-philippines-182078/">Official: 2 US soldiers killed by landmine in southern Philippines</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 1 US soldier killed, 1 wounded in a landmine explosion in southern Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines military says one U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded in a landmine explosion in the country&#8217;s insurgent-plagued south.

Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner said the explosion hit a military vehicle carrying troops on Jolo island, where American forces have been providing combat training and weapons to Filipino troops battling the Abu .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-1-us-soldier-killed-1-wounded-in-a-landmine-explosion-in-southern-philippines-181531/">Official: 1 US soldier killed, 1 wounded in a landmine explosion in southern Philippines</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 US sailors, Filipino marine killed by blast in southern Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Two U.S. sailors and a Filipino marine were killed Tuesday in a roadside bomb believed planted by al-Qaida linked militants, the first American troops to die in an attack in the Philippines in seven years.

The Philippine military suspected Abu Sayyaf militants were behind the attack against the U.S. Navy troopers on the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-us-sailors-filipino-marine-killed-by-blast-in-southern-philippines-180952/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 US soldiers killed by blast in southern Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Two U.S. Navy construction troops and a Philippines marine were killed Tuesday in a roadside blast in the southern Philippines that officials said was likely an attack by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants.

It was believed to be just the second time U.S. soldiers have been killed in the southern Philippines in violence blamed on ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-us-soldiers-killed-by-blast-in-southern-philippines-180901/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : 2 US soldiers killed by blast in southern Philippines</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China training Afghans, Iraqis in mine clearance as part of efforts to short up ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China&#8217;s army is training Iraqi and Afghan soldiers to clear land mines, a sign of Beijing&#8217;s desire to expand engagement with the two countries despite wariness over the presence of U.S. forces.

The two-month course is the first known instance of China offering such training to troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, which together are .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-training-afghans-iraqis-in-mine-clearance-as-part-of-efforts-to-short-up-ties-168849/">China training Afghans, Iraqis in mine clearance as part of efforts to short up ties</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thai elephant maimed by land mine a decade ago damages newly fitted artificial limb</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — An elephant fitted with an artificial limb 10 years after stepping on a land mine has had a minor setback, damaging the device attached to her left front leg.

Soraida Salwala of the private group Friends of the Asian Elephant said Thursday that 48-year-old Motola bent the prothesis when she lay down on it.
Motola, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thai-elephant-maimed-by-land-mine-a-decade-ago-damages-newly-fitted-artificial-limb-145140/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Thai elephant maimed by land mine a decade ago damages newly fitted artificial limb</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thai elephant takes jubilant debut stroll on artificial leg 10 years after land mine blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apichart Weerawong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAMPANG, Thailand — Motola, an elephant who lost a foot and part of her leg when she stepped on a land mine 10 years ago, happily if tentatively stepped out Sunday after being fitted with an artificial limb.

In her first stroll with the permanent prosthesis, the 48-year-old female walked out of her enclosure for about ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thai-elephant-takes-jubilant-debut-stroll-on-artificial-leg-10-years-after-land-mine-blast-141140/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Thai elephant takes jubilant debut stroll on artificial leg 10 years after land mine blast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand elephant fitted with artificial leg 10 years after stepping on land mine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apichart Weerawong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAMPANG, Thailand — Motola, a female elephant who stepped on a land mine 10 years ago and endured painful operations, was fitted Saturday in Thailand for a permanent artificial leg.

The 48-year-old pachyderm became a symbol of the plight of today&#8217;s elephants, and her injury sparked international sympathy and donations.
Experts were making a cast of her .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thailand-elephant-fitted-with-artificial-leg-10-years-after-stepping-on-land-mine-140456/">Thailand elephant fitted with artificial leg 10 years after stepping on land mine</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodia bans &#8216;Miss Landmine&#8217; beauty pageant, saying it mocks the disabled</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cambodia-bans-miss-landmine-beauty-pageant-saying-it-mocks-the-disabled-128937/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Cambodian government said Monday it will not allow a &#8220;Miss Landmine&#8221; beauty pageant to take place later this week, calling it an insult to the disabled.

&#8220;The land mine beauty contest would make a mockery of Cambodia&#8217;s land mine victims,&#8221; said government spokesman Khieu Khanarith. &#8220;The government does not support this ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cambodia-bans-miss-landmine-beauty-pageant-saying-it-mocks-the-disabled-128937/" title="Cambodia bans &#8216;Miss Landmine&#8217; beauty pageant, saying it mocks the disabled">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Joint US-Vietnam report shows scope of land mine, bomb contamination is vast in Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/joint-us-vietnam-report-shows-scope-of-land-mine-bomb-contamination-is-vast-in-vietnam-126252/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stocking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — More than one-third of the land in six central Vietnamese provinces remains contaminated with land mines and unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War, according to a study released Friday.

Nearly 35 years after the war&#8217;s end, Vietnamese civilians are still routinely killed and maimed by leftover mines and other explosives. Vietnam estimates that .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/joint-us-vietnam-report-shows-scope-of-land-mine-bomb-contamination-is-vast-in-vietnam-126252/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Joint US-Vietnam report shows scope of land mine, bomb contamination is vast in Vietnam</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Land mine dropped off at Colo. thrift store _ luckily _ a dud</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/land-mine-dropped-off-at-colo-thrift-store-_-luckily-_-a-dud-119194/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARVADA, Colo. — A land mine recently left at a thrift store was authentic — but luckily inert.

Police say the Claymore land mine found in a donation box Tuesday at a Goodwill store in a west-Denver suburb was a training device and didn&#8217;t have an explosive component.
A Goodwill employee familiar with military explosive devices found ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/land-mine-dropped-off-at-colo-thrift-store-_-luckily-_-a-dud-119194/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Land mine dropped off at Colo. thrift store _ luckily _ a dud</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Land mine left in Goodwill donation box in Denver area forces evacuation of strip mall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARVADA, Colo. — A land mine found in a suburban Denver Goodwill donation box forced the evacuation of a strip mall.

The rectangular, olive-green box with the words &#8220;Front Toward Enemy&#8221; raised the suspicions of Goodwill workers Tuesday.
Arvada police say the Claymore land mine didn&#8217;t go off in the donation box and no one was hurt. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/land-mine-left-in-goodwill-donation-box-in-denver-area-forces-evacuation-of-strip-mall-117506/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Land mine left in Goodwill donation box in Denver area forces evacuation of strip mall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody in or out: Sri Lanka interns Tamil war refugees with help of foreign aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In just six months, one of the world&#8217;s largest camps for war refugees has been carved out of the jungles of northern Sri Lanka, complete with banks, post offices, schools and a supermarket. But no one is allowed out, and hardly anyone is allowed in.

Aid workers and foreign diplomats increasingly fear ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nobody-in-or-out-sri-lanka-interns-tamil-war-refugees-with-help-of-foreign-aid-113769/">Read more : Nobody in or out: Sri Lanka interns Tamil war refugees with help of foreign aid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Myanmar refugees flee into Thailand as others resettled in world&#8217;s largest program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Stauffer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MAE SOT, Thailand — As the 50,000th Myanmar refugee to be resettled abroad recently left Thailand for the United States, thousands of others fled their military-ruled homeland to seek shelter under tarps and in temples along the Thai-Myanmar border.

&#8220;We would be happier if we were back home as this is not our land, but we ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-myanmar-refugees-flee-into-thailand-as-others-resettled-in-worlds-largest-program-100496/" title="New Myanmar refugees flee into Thailand as others resettled in world&#8217;s largest program">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bomb outside NATO base in southern Afghanistan kills 1 civilian, wounds 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber struck early Monday outside the main NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing a civilian and wounding eight other people, as U.S. Marines pressed a major anti-Taliban offensive in a neighboring province.

The bomber blew himself up near the gates of Kandahar Airfield, border police commander Gen. Saifullah Hakim said. ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-bomb-outside-nato-base-in-southern-afghanistan-kills-1-civilian-wounds-8-100253/">Suicide bomb outside NATO base in southern Afghanistan kills 1 civilian, wounds 8</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>3 British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan; 16 deminers kidnapped in the east</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fisnik Abrashi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — Insurgent attacks killed three British soldiers in the southern Afghanistan region where thousands of U.S. Marines pushed forward with the American military&#8217;s biggest anti-Taliban offensive since the hard-line Islamist regime was toppled.

The British deaths came as gunmen in the east abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations.
A soldier from the 1st ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-british-soldiers-killed-in-southern-afghanistan-16-deminers-kidnapped-in-the-east-100191/" title="3 British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan; 16 deminers kidnapped in the east">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>An oasis amidst war, Afghan valley seeks to lure tourists to help it return to normalcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — There&#8217;s a new building in town, and it isn&#8217;t a military barracks or a hospital. It&#8217;s a Tourist Information Center.

Even as troops fight militants in the south, government officials and donors in Afghanistan&#8217;s central Bamiyan valley are training tour guides and teaching restaurateurs about customer service. It&#8217;s an attempt to draw tourism ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/an-oasis-amidst-war-afghan-valley-seeks-to-lure-tourists-to-help-it-return-to-normalcy-99558/">An oasis amidst war, Afghan valley seeks to lure tourists to help it return to normalcy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Saving the past and the future: Afghans remove artifacts along with mines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — On a rocky hillside in central Afghanistan, men in visored helmets and protective blue smocks gently scratch the earth for land mines — or shards of pottery from the sixth century.

Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. But this valley presents a challenge to deminers because of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/saving-the-past-and-the-future-afghans-remove-artifacts-along-with-mines-99494/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Saving the past and the future: Afghans remove artifacts along with mines</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: Where tourists go to relax?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/afghanistan-where-tourists-go-to-relax-99493/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — There&#8217;s a new building in town, and it isn&#8217;t a military barracks or a hospital. It&#8217;s a Tourist Information Center.

Even as troops fight militants in the south, government officials and donors in Afghanistan&#8217;s central Bamiyan valley are training tour guides and teaching restaurateurs about customer service. It&#8217;s an attempt to draw tourism .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/afghanistan-where-tourists-go-to-relax-99493/" title="Afghanistan: Where tourists go to relax?">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq far behind in mine clearence, will miss international deadline to clear old weapons</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraq-far-behind-in-mine-clearence-will-miss-international-deadline-to-clear-old-weapons-96853/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government&#8217;s failure to grasp the scope of its land mine and bomb problem has derailed efforts to clear what is considered one of the world&#8217;s most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday.

The government has banned all civilian land-mine clearance because of military fears that the old weapons will wind ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraq-far-behind-in-mine-clearence-will-miss-international-deadline-to-clear-old-weapons-96853/" title="Iraq far behind in mine clearence, will miss international deadline to clear old weapons">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>More violence, less funding delays clearing of deadly land mines in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/more-violence-less-funding-delays-clearing-of-deadly-land-mines-in-afghanistan-94180/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL, Afghanistan — Kneeling in the hot morning sun, a few men carefully poke and prod at the baked earth on the outskirts of the Afghan capital. As cars and trucks drive past just a few yards away, one man unearths a deadly mine and puts explosives on it.

The mine blows up with a loud .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/more-violence-less-funding-delays-clearing-of-deadly-land-mines-in-afghanistan-94180/" title="More violence, less funding delays clearing of deadly land mines in Afghanistan">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia: Blast near EU vehicle kills 1 outside Abkhazia, doctor injured</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/georgia-blast-near-eu-vehicle-kills-1-outside-abkhazia-doctor-injured-88218/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TBILISI, Georgia — A land mine explosion killed the driver of a Georgian medical aid vehicle that was accompanying European Union monitors patrolling a tense area Sunday near breakaway Abkhazia, police and EU officials said.

A doctor from a Georgian medical aid group was injured in the roadside blast, Interior Ministry spokesman Zurab Gvenetadze said.
The EU ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/georgia-blast-near-eu-vehicle-kills-1-outside-abkhazia-doctor-injured-88218/" title="Georgia: Blast near EU vehicle kills 1 outside Abkhazia, doctor injured">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Explosive legacy: Long after war, Okinawa remains battlefield of buried bombs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/explosive-legacy-long-after-war-okinawa-remains-battlefield-of-buried-bombs-49675/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 10:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Talmadge</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ITOMAN, Japan — Under a blazing mid-afternoon sun, 1st Lt. Toshikazu Nakano squats in a muddy pit at the edge of a housing development and brushes rocks away from a shiny metal object lodged firmly in the ground. He stops for a moment and barks orders to the rest of his team.

&#8220;This one might explode,&#8221; ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/explosive-legacy-long-after-war-okinawa-remains-battlefield-of-buried-bombs-49675/" title="Explosive legacy: Long after war, Okinawa remains battlefield of buried bombs">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Land mine blast kills 4 police, 1 polling official during India&#8217;s elections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/land-mine-blast-kills-4-police-1-polling-official-during-indias-elections-36830/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indrajit Singh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PATNA, India — Suspected communist rebels blew up a jeep carrying polling officials in eastern India, killing five people as part of a wave of violence that has marred India&#8217;s elections, officials said Friday.

Several electronic voting machines being transported in the jeep were destroyed in Thursday&#8217;s land mine attack, forcing election officials to announce that .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/land-mine-blast-kills-4-police-1-polling-official-during-indias-elections-36830/">Land mine blast kills 4 police, 1 polling official during India&#8217;s elections</a>.]]></description>
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