Although demining in Sri Lanka is progressing well, finishing the job will take another eight years, officials say.

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But heightened public awareness of the mines issue has not brought a major increase in funding for demining.

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In the seven countries where the HALO Trust (Britain's largest demining charity) works, the ICBL's figure for the number of mines is 40 million.

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Perhaps this is because, as handlers of demining dogs have observed over the years, the females tend to be much more slow and cautious in the field.

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The Danish Demining Group says that it still finds Chilean-made PM-1 bomblets throughout South Sudan, particularly in the areas between Juba, the capital, and the Ugandan border.

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