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LANDMINES
Landmines kill second civilian in Niger town
11 Dec 2007 20:24:24 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds ruling party, rebel comment) By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A driver died on Tuesday after his vehicle hit a landmine in the central Niger town of Tahoua, the second ... 

NIGER: Rebels accused of launching Iraq-inspired "urban terror" campaign
11 Dec 2007 19:37:36 GMT
Source: IRIN
A rebel movement that has already cut northern Niger off from humanitarian aid by laying mines throughout the region has denied responsibility for landmine explosions in Maradi and Tahoua in the south. 

Landmines kill second civilian in Niger town
11 Dec 2007 15:24:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
NIAMEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A driver died on Tuesday after his vehicle hit a landmine in the central Niger town of Tahoua, the second civilian killed in two days in what appeared to be an urban ... 

NIGER: Humanitarian access cut to north
10 Dec 2007 19:37:49 GMT
Source: IRIN
Indiscriminately laid landmines, a sceptical government and a rebel group that has attacked aid workers are obstacles that will have to be overcome before relief efforts can start for an estimated 20,000 people affected by flooding and fighting in the country's remote north. 

Two injured by anti-tank mine in Niger town
10 Dec 2007 18:45:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
NIAMEY, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Two people were wounded on Monday when their truck hit a landmine in the town of Maradi in central Niger, less than a month after the government warned that Tuareg rebels ... 

Canada urged to take lead in cluster bomb ban
03 Dec 2007 17:42:05 GMT
Source: Reuters


Maoist landmine blast kills 10 Indian policemen
29 Nov 2007 12:10:30 GMT
Source: Reuters

Blasts kill 8 in Afghanistan
26 Nov 2007 12:16:45 GMT
Source: Reuters

Landmine kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan
26 Nov 2007 07:38:26 GMT
Source: Reuters



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Related

  • Action on Disability and Development
  • Adopt-a-minefield
  • Demining Technology Centre
  • EMERGENCY
  • Handicap International
  • International Campaign to Ban Landmines
  • INTERSOS - Organizzazione Umanitaria per l'Emergenza
  • Landmine Action (formerly the UK Working Group on Landmines)
  • Landmine Survivors Network
  • Médicos sin Fronteras - España
  • Mines Advisory Group
  • Norwegian People's Aid
  • People Against Landmines
  • David Ginola's Walk without Fear campaign
  • War Child landmine programme





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