U.S. military to cease all use of anti-personnel landmines (APLs) by 2006, if not before.
The troops were clearing landmines in the dense forests of Narayanpur district when they were attacked.
The Pentagon, however, maintains that landmines still serve a purpose in safeguarding lives in combat.
Landmines get far more money and legal scrutiny than ammunition dumps, because of their dire effects.
Bill Clinton said America would not sign an international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines .
Apart from detecting artefacts, Dr Frazier believes that the device could also be used to find landmines.
She claims that the militaries of most U.S. allies have agreed they can give up anti-personnel landmines.
Since 2000 more than 7, 000 people have fallen victim to landmines, according to the Ministry of Defence.
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While the United Nations annually issues a resolution condemning landmines, it has never issued a resolution condemning IEDs.
There are plans to renovate (and clear landmines from) an extensive railway network that reaches Congo and Zambia.
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One of his last tasks was to chair a meeting in Boston calling for the abolition of landmines.
Care was necessary, for the ground had been sown with landmines up to the edge of the trails.
But RG31s are designed to protect against landmines, not the kind of explosives the Army deals with in Iraq.
If they get it wrong, then history has shown its managers have indeed done well at avoiding the landmines.
Cf 252 is used in the analysis of minerals and to aid in the detection of explosives and landmines.
"Potentially, AIDS is more devastating to the country than armed conflict and landmines, " says UNICEF's child-protection officer, Margie de Monchy.
"There could be a number of landmines along the way, " says David Isaacs, who runs HP's public policy efforts in Washington.
For another, there are many millions of landmines in the ground already.
Landmines and impassable roads have cut off large parts of the country.
For a tech outfit, HP is relatively well-equipped to handle political landmines.
NGOs pushed for, and obtained, a treaty against the use of landmines.
The argument about cluster bombs adds to the angry complaints about landmines.
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Years after all fighting has stopped, landmines continue to cripple people in countries that have known savage wars, including Nicaragua, Cambodia and Mozambique.
According to his website, Pistorius is an ambassador for the Mineseeker Foundation, a non-profit organization which works to clear landmines worldwide.
The royal family - and particularly Princess Diana - were also mentioned, the latter in her capacity as an "international ambassador" campaigning against landmines.
Japanese officials said Tokyo's attitude changed after the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its U.S. coordinator, Jody Williams, won the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month.
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As well as clearing mines, the Cambodia Mine Action Centre, which co-ordinates the landmines operation, has been getting local people to help mark danger areas.
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