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Decades after war, millions of unexploded US bombs haunt Laos
(iwatch News)
"Pheng Souvanthone leads MAG's all-woman team in Laos. Seven years ago her brother was one of four boys killed in an unexploded ordnance accident. About half the casualties from UXO are children who mistake dart-shaped bombs or baseball-sized ordnance for toys."
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Ridding world of hidden dangers
(GFW Advertiser, Canada)
"Imagine you are walking in a desert or hiking home in a jungle, in an area where it was supposed to be safe territory...."
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Laos seeks prosperity in private enterprise
(BBC News, UK)
"More than half the farmers in the region say they would like to expand their operations if it were not for the fear that cultivating more land might disturb an unexploded bomb..."
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Bomb disposal expert John McFarlane
(Canadian Business magazine)
"One slip and it could be your last..." An interview with MAG's Technical Operations Manager in Lao PDR.
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7/7 attack anniversary: survivor's mission of mercy
(Daily Star, UK)
A brave 7/7 survivor is getting over the terror attacks by helping bomb blast victims around the world.
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On the frontline against Africa's bush killers
(The Guardian, UK)
Bloody attacks by fighters from the Lord's Resistance Army have forced the people of Obo, a small town in the Central African Republic, to take up arms to protect themselves.
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Clearing the remnants of a violent history
(The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia)
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre estimates that anywhere between 4 million and 6 million mines and unexploded ordnance were planted or dropped from 1970 to 1997. That’s one landmine for every two rural Cambodians.
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Blue Line demining still deadly job in south
(The Daily Star, Lebanon)
Lack of funds places strain on clearing efforts. "Lebanon is no longer on the front for donors. There are simply too many disasters around the world."
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Women at the deadly end of the cluster-bomb debate
(The Times, UK)
Cluster bombs have killed 12,000 people in the 37 years since they were dropped on Laos. As nations ratify a ban on the explosives, a team of women is taking on the responsibility of clearing them.
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The world is winning the landmine war
(The Independent, UK)
Square foot by square foot, the world is winning one of its few good wars: the one against landmines.
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MAG: audio diary from Laos
(BBC Manchester, UK)
Thanks to the Vietnam War, the country of Laos is one of the most
heavily bombed places on Earth.
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When life’s a minefield
(Developments magazine, UK)
There are millions of mines and munitions buried worldwide – a lethal risk to people’s health and livelihoods. In the wake of the Sri Lanka conflict, Kate Wiggans reports on the work of MAG.
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Audio: Praise for Manchester mine clearance team
(Key 103 radio, UK)
MAG's Director of Operations Rob White and Technical Support & Quality Manager Phil Halford talk to Manchester radio station Key 103 about MAG's work.
Praise for Manchester mine clearance team
Heroes who keep Di's legacy alive
(Manchester Evening News, UK)
Douglas Aexander, the international development secretary, has praised the work of MAG.
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