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| Title: | Curse of Land Mines |
| Authors: | Ahmad, Sabahuddin |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: |
Almost 40 people were killed recently when a
land mine blast perpetrated by Maoist rebels blew up a civilian bus in the
Dantewada district of the state of Chattisgarh. Innumerable unsuspecting lives
are lost every year to such land mine blasts. Children, curious by nature, are
the most at risk. According to a report by the United Nations, children in at
least 68 countries are today threatened by mines planted on the land they live
on. Over 110 million land-mines of various types — plus millions more
unexploded bombs, shells and grenades — remain hidden around the world, waiting
to be triggered by the innocent and unsuspecting, the report says. So common
are mines in Cambodia
that they are now used for fishing, to protect private property and even to
settle private disputes. |
| Page(s): | 32-33 |
| Source: | SR Vol.47(08) [August 2010]
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