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An anti-mining engineer walks past a display of landmines during presentation marking UN International Day for Mine Awareness near Dushanbe
05 Apr 2008
Source: Reuters
 
An anti-mining engineer walks past a display of landmines during a presentation marking the first UN International Day for Mine Awareness near Dushanbe April 4, 2008. Friday marked the UN International Day for Mine Awareness. Anti-personnel mines have been used in many conflicts since World War Two. The United Nations Development Programme's Tajikistan Mine Action Centre says 10,000 mines and unexploded ordnances are scattered over 25 million square metres (10 million square miles) of Tajikistan , a country that is 90 percent mountains. REUTERS/Nozim Kalandarov (TAJIKISTAN)
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An anti-mining engineer walks past a display of landmines during a presentation marking the first UN International Day for Mine Awareness near Dushanbe April 4, 2008. Friday marked the UN International ...




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