The government of Switzerland yesterday contributed US$3 million towards unexploded ordnance (UXO) related activities, aiming to clear munitions in rural areas and help accident victims. Speaking at a signing ceremony for the funds, Regional Director for the Swiss Development Cooperation Martin Sommer said UXO has become a daily hazard in the lives of people...
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The Associated Press Wednesday, June 2, 2010; 9:05 AM BERLIN — Three experts working to defuse a bomb from World War II were killed when the device exploded, injuring six others, police said Wednesday. Some 7,000 residents from around the area in the central German town of Goettingen, where the 1100-pound (500-kilogram) heavy bomb...
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Sixth grade students in Wausau, Wisconsin, who are learning about the Vietnam War in the classroom, have begun a project they hope will help protect kids their age in Laos from injury or death resulting from bombs dropped on their homeland some four decades ago. Sue Thompson, a teacher at D.C. Everest Middle School...
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Last month, we spent nine days in the field with Jim Harris’s team in rural Phongsali province. We camped at the local dispensary and showered with cold river water, which was piped uphill to the village. The team hired two young women to cook, clean and launder. Our meals were served communally, outside, on...
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From 1964 to 2008, more than 50,000 Lao people were victims of accidents involving unexploded ordnance (UXO), according to the first survey report of the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for UXO/Mine Action Sector in Laos. NRA representatives, senior officials from government and international organizations, donors and NGO operators gathered at the...
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