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  • It would take a few more years to develop the technology, and mine-clearance machines, according to them, has already gained official status as the preferred mine-clearance method.

    Genetically Modified Ordnance 2009

  • Aresa will still work towards de-mining its properties, no doubt using those mine-clearance machines.

    Genetically Modified Ordnance 2009

  • It would take a few more years to develop the technology, and mine-clearance machines, according to them, has already gained official status as the preferred mine-clearance method.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • Aresa will still work towards de-mining its properties, no doubt using those mine-clearance machines.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • In a report last November, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency said it was considering cutting off funds to a mine-clearance program in Laos: "More people are killed in motorcycle-related accidents, and [the number of land-mine injuries] is just a fraction of the casualties caused by malaria."

    It's Not A Pretty Picture 2008

  • He says that while mine-clearance groups go begging, the campaigners are "funded like never before" and spend too much time on the conference circuit -- there were 22 international conferences in the first six months of 1998 alone.

    It's Not A Pretty Picture 2008

  • The mine-clearance organizations and the campaigners are arguing even over the number of land mines buried around the world.

    It's Not A Pretty Picture 2008

  • Furthermore, mine-clearance efforts there are running out of money just as 20,000 Cambodians begin moving back into heavily mined territory that was a battleground until the collapse of the Khmer Rouge last year (accompanying story).

    It's Not A Pretty Picture 2008

  • This has not helped far-flung mine-clearance programs and victim-assistance projects.

    It's Not A Pretty Picture 2008

  • There are mine-clearance programs in 65 of the 83 countries that have mines in them.

    'It Can Be Done' 2007

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