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| Autumn 1999 issue | . | Land minds a long-term danger | |
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International treaties banning the further planting of land
mines are a positive step. But the agreements offer little hope to people living where a
multitude of mines have already been sown, says Carolyn Nordstrom, associate professor of
anthropology and an expert on war zones. A Sadly, it will take literally thousands of years to clear all land mines around the world at the present level of technology,@ she says. AMany countries, such as Cambodia and Angola, have millions of mines buried in heavily used areas.@ |
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