| 单词 | land mine |
| 例句 | He told me of the day helicopter gunfire killed his father, of the day the land mine took his two daughters. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A matter of hardware, the plastic explosives and land mines one needs to do the job. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Many men, women, and children had lost limbs to land mines across the country. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z How to space them out, so that a land mine would never kill more than one. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Unless you step on a land mine, in which case I’m way back in the Operations Room.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Which was the only thing Coach could show him how to do himself, because Coach had lost both his legs to a land mine in Vietnam a long time ago. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z She would tackle the problem of land mines when she actually reached the border. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Caputo had seen friends shot and blown apart by land mines. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They had guns and land mines just to keep children from looking for their fathers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope I step over the people who are dangerous like land mines. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z With impressive precision, he explained the operation of bombs, land mines, and grenades, and how MK worked from underground. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The caption below the photo read: Children are the intended victims of Soviet land mine campaign. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “You’ve never seen them, but they’re bright—bright as a hundred fires! You must be very careful crossing the border, though. Don’t get out of the boat. The ground is full of land mines.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His Army truck hit a land mine in France and he ended up blind. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He’d done security convoy, escorting trucks to the Turkish border, dressed in full body protection, hoping neither he nor the trucks would stumble onto land mines or IEDs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the next field grasshoppers burst up from under his feet like the shrapnel from land mines, and with a swipe of his hand Bloom caught one in midair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me that Ali and his cousin— who had owned the house—had been killed by a land mine two years before, just outside of Bamiyan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Professor Ekwenugo was on his way to lay land mines with the Science Group when they went over some potholes and the mines went off.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They had begun placing land mines around the plant. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Except that she didn’t know how big land mines were. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They deactivated land mines and used the bombs to blow up vehicles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After all her time in the bush, she found them far less unnerving than the land mines. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Werner has crossed the edge of the field, where he steps on a trigger land mine set there by his own army three months before, and disappears in a fountain of earth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z True, I hadn’t made Ali step on the land mine, and I hadn’t brought the Taliban to the house to shoot Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z You couldn’t be too careful these days, not with motion sensors and land mines. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They hadn’t gone far when the jeep hit a land mine. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Horan went over the failure of the strategic hamlet, the land mine, and being taken prisoner. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Like the jabberjays, these killer wasps were spawned in a lab and strategically placed, like land mines, around the districts during the war. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She realized she had made her own puddle on the floor of the hut when the land mine went off. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If you set off a land mine, you hear the explosion and have to pretend to fall over dead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z No land mines explode in front of them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And for some crazy reason, I became absolutely certain that it had been Ali’s right leg—his twisted polio leg—that had finally betrayed him and stepped on that land mine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her own daughter planning to move to a communistic nation where the roads are practically made of wall-to-wall land mines? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran a hand over his books lined on the shelf and then began to search for the sheets where he had written notes for his piece about ogbunigwe, the fantastic Biafran-made land mines. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Their land mines are still all over the country, they take off the leg or the arm of a child every day, and I know what could happen to us if we travel those roads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A land mine had gotten to him again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The land mines were disabled after the sixty seconds we stood on the plates, but the boy from District 3 must have managed to reactivate them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If I told them of the fear that hides under my feet like a land mine, would they write back? Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Step off before the minute is up, and land mines blow your legs off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Booby traps and land mines and gangrene and shock and polio from a VC virus. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandmother had described land mines, but they were far, far worse than Nhamo had imagined. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s a skillful rhetorician, gracefully navigating her way around partisan land mines by talking about babies and ancient Greece. When It Comes to Politics, Be Afraid. But Not Too Afraid. 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z It was a land mine of a question, and he didn’t want to make a misstep. After a Last-Minute Date, an Awakening 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Only a fraction made it across the border alive; thousands died attempting to cross the land mines that lined the border. “A woman with the heart of a tiger”: My mother risked everything to flee from the Khmer Rouge with her children 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Even after their resignations and dismissals it became obvious that the culture Moonves created left behind plenty of unexploded land mines. CBS, once broadcast's whitest network, sets an ambitious goal for inclusive hiring 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z They’re also reasonably flawed, as is this movie, but Mr. Waititi transcends most of the narrative bumps and generally dodges the obvious land mines, including cuteness. Review: In ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople,’ Lighting Out for the Bush 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z She'd have become an even more powerful force for the charitable causes she supported – "the victims of land mines, leprosy, and HIV/AIDS." Newsweek digs up Princess Diana 2011-06-29T15:46:00Z The trajectory of this underground railroad is from blithe, barbed self-consciousness to the subconscious, where land mines you pretended didn’t exist keep exploding. Let’s Play ‘Underground Railroad Game’: A Lacerating Comedy on Race 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Perhaps this is realistic; land mines from the past often arrive in our lives unannounced and uninvited. A Family Splinters in ‘All the Lives We Never Lived’ 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z In an interview at her HBO office in New York, the filmmaker, a bundle of excited energy, discussed wading into the “land mine” of campaign finance. Alexandra Pelosi examines the influence of mega donors in politics in HBO documentary 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z It’s the chance of a girl’s lifetime, if only walking the runway hadn’t suddenly become as dangerous as defusing land mines in a war zone. Theater Review: ‘The House of Von Macramé’ at Bushwick Starr 2013-01-27T22:48:18Z When three soldiers pursue the deaf man standing in the field, a land mine blows up their Humvee. Why tell an Iraq war story backwards? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Metro likes to hang delicate chimes overhead, then bury land mines of bass down below, allowing Future’s words to spread toward the horizon like melodious fog. Future is now 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Strike, who lost his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, is described as a “limping prize fighter,” a man who looms so large, “the room seemed much smaller with his arrival.” ‘The Silkworm’ by J. K. Rowling, as Robert Galbraith 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Factor in the enduring home-front division over the Vietnam War, and Vietnam Experience could seem a marketing land mine. Outside Charleston, three acres of Vietnam live in South Carolina’s Lowcountry 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “There are land mines that you have to be aware of. But you also have to write a piece that feels relevant 10 years from now.” Perspective | Hey, Tony Awards, lighten up! You should give more prizes to the funny stuff. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The Doctors Dr. Phil McGraw discusses weight loss; a young man severely disfigured by a land mine. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Middle' on ABC 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z No sooner have they armed themselves than the carnage begins, and these confused strangers are picked off in a flurry of gunfire, land mines and hand grenades. When Humans Are the Prey: A Plot Made for Every Era 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z A State Department travel advisory warns of land mines, suicide bombers and bandits, and the country shares borders with volatile neighbors, including parts of Nigeria that are strongholds of the terrorist group Boko Haram. In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z While on assignment in Vietnam, in May 1954, he stepped on a land mine and died. Art Review: ‘Capa in Color’ at International Center of Photography 2014-02-06T22:07:19Z Now he’s an ice rink land mine, about to take seven skaters down with him. Ring Leaders: Meet the Women Behind Disney's Ice Empire 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The parenting road ahead is long and riddled with land mines, and I’m keenly aware that Hanukkah candles and potato peelers are quaint concerns — luxuries, really, in the universe of things to worry about. Motherlode Blog: Children Need To Take Risks, and Parents Need to Let Them 2013-12-27T19:11:03Z They told me there were racial land mines in Chicago. Oprah: Au revoir, but not goodbye 2011-05-14T12:45:40Z Linney's character has been maimed by a land mine; James' has suffered a breakdown. 4 AP journalists react to 'Time Stands Still' 2010-12-08T08:31:00Z She wrote about the uncommon hazards of her childhood — the snakes in the kitchen, the scorpions in the swimming pool, the land mines on the local roads. Alexandra Fuller’s ‘Leaving Before the Rains Come’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Ripe huckleberries, the grizzly’s favorite snack, sprouted up all around us, and at the next bend in the trail, we found a fresh pile of scat, partly obscured like a land mine. Explorer: Searching for Wildlife in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex 2012-06-08T18:44:25Z Here, a soldier loses his arms and legs when he steps on a land mine while fighting in Vietnam. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Old Hollywood is a representational land mine, with casual racism and sexism. Punching the Clock (and the Boss) With Dolly, Lily and Jane 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z On avoiding the competitive emotional land mine that is Mother’s Day: Carolyn Hax: Don’t call out a parent for playing favorites 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z All television anchors are egomaniacs: it’s a requirement in an impossibly difficult job in which any live remark can be a career-shattering land mine. The TV Watch: Keith Olbermann’s Show Has Its Debut on ESPN2 2013-08-27T21:44:31Z This looks easy, but it’s full of land mines. Reading Myself Aloud 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z After that they effectively vanished for decades, during which time Capa died, killed by a land mine in Indochina in 1954, as did Seymour, struck down by a sniper in Egypt two years later. Art Review: Images of War, Finally Unpacked 2010-09-23T22:45:00Z It’s a scene that sets the table for the entire rest of the episode – black people struggling to avoid land mines of prejudice and the white people comfortably oblivious to the severity of the problem. The People v OJ Simpson: episode five – it's story time, with Johnnie Cochran 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z In 1945, Germany ended its occupation of Denmark, leaving hundreds of thousands of land mines buried on the beaches of that country’s western coast. Review: ‘Land of Mine,’ an Oscar Nominee, Explores Postwar Perils and Ethics 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Even after her separation from Prince Charles, Diana actively campaigned for a ban on land mines, and visited Angola to champion that cause. Quiet birthday for Kate Middleton as she turns 30 2012-01-08T14:38:09Z White’s tale is exactly like a stroll through Le Jardin des Tuileries — if the garden had been planted with land mines instead of tulips. Edmund White’s High-Octane Saga of Twin Sisters and 1950s Texas 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Johan Schalkwyk, an engineer who leads speech efforts at Google, said, “Keeping up with slang and trending acronyms is like a jungle” — a jungle full of cultural land mines. When Autocorrect Goes Wrong (And So, So Right) 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The traumatic cataclysms of Tran's childhood are like land mines that detonate, one by one, with blistering force. In 'Uncle Ho,' a Vietnamese immigrant's harsh, harrowing life is relived 2012-09-14T23:05:04Z That's taken the form of the many benefits she's participated in, including those aiding land mine awareness campaigns, animal rescue and efforts to preserve and protect country music history. Emmylou Harris lives in the moment, sings about the past 2011-04-25T16:03:05Z We crossed jungles littered with land mines to escape across the border and crawled under barbed wire fences to get into Khao-i-Dang refugee camp. “A woman with the heart of a tiger”: My mother risked everything to flee from the Khmer Rouge with her children 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The second land mine was a post in May by Ashutosh Jogalekar, which favorably reviewed a controversial book by Nicholas Wade, “A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History.” What’s going on at Scientific American? Deleted posts, sexism claims, a fired writer. The production covers much ground, some of it filled with land mines, with blithe smoothness and friendly accessibility. Review: Thinking Outside (and Inside) B.F. Skinner’s Box 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Does that count as a snub, or just a cultural land mine avoided? Grammys Snubs and Surprises: Kacey Musgraves, Jon Batiste and Abba 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z He was credited with inspiring Diana, Princess of Wales, whom he coached in public speaking at Prince Charles’s urging, to start her campaign against land mines. Richard Attenborough, Actor, Director and Giant of British Cinema, Dies at 90 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z "See those fault lines/ Laid out like land mines/ It's hard to relax," sings Petty, his voice filled with that familiar drawl. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, an L.A. band, stare at 'Hypnotic Eye' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z To change the metaphor, the film leads its characters and its viewers — pale-skinned critics very much included — down a path strewn with eggshells, some of which sit on top of land mines. ‘Dear White People,’ About Racial Hypocrisy at a College 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The decision to look at your kid’s phone or not is another of those parenting land mines. My son, a bong and the Snapchat shot that led to a parenting crisis 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Do you think there will be potential conversation starters/land mines in there? ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Lena Dunham of ‘Girls’ 2013-07-18T13:59:12Z Martinez twisted his ankle in rehearsal, but having survived a land mine, paso doble practice was nothing. Dancing with the Stars Recap, Week 9: Latin Flavor and Injured Dancers 2011-11-15T14:00:22Z Discussing a war veteran friend, he imagined music that would sound like “the fear of the land mine.” Underground Resistance Speaks of Music and Politics 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Look at Diana and her work with children and on the issue of land mines. Field Notes: The Royal Wedding : Tossing the Royal Bouquet, One Generation to the Next 2011-04-22T19:35:15Z In most instances, he successfully circumnavigated the land mines placed by his foes. Wil Haygood's 'Showdown' explores Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court nomination fight 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z I read somewhere that Josh Homme used to say that he’d always put these songs that weren’t as good just before the songs that were really good, like land mines. | Mark Ronson: An Admirer Of Tight Production, But of Sludge, Too 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z Now, he manages programs that remove land mines and other unexploded ordnance from post-conflict areas in Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands for the State Department. Date Lab: Would these two craft cocktail enthusiasts be the right mix? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Ghost churches on the western bank of the Jordan River, near where Jesus is believed to have been baptized, could be reopened to pilgrims as part of a project to remove booby-traps and land mines. Ghost churches near Jordan River baptism site await reclamation 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z With so many land mines out there, one might wonder how to follow the news without stress or the risk of retraumatization. Following the news can be triggering for sexual assault survivors. Here’s how to manage it. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z It’s freaking some people out, ticking some people off and turning what was a safe subject into a hidden land mine. The weather used to be good for small talk. Now it’s dead serious. 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z They ravaged homes and farmland with heavy artillery installations, labor camps and 37,000 land mines. Blond hedgehogs, and more alluring strangeness of the Channel Islands 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Among its 60 residents are elephants blinded by their owners, traumatized by abuse and injured through accidents, such as stepping on land mines. Three yogis take on Thailand 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z As he once said, “You know myths and legends still have power; they get buried and forgotten, but they’re like land mines.” The Essential Neil Gaiman 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Why wouldn’t I want to understand the unique dietary yearnings and land mines of my own DNA? I sent in my DNA to get a personalized diet plan. What I discovered disturbs me. 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But walking in mom’s online footsteps was also like crossing a field riddled with land mines. Her secret history: I discovered my mother’s digital life after her death 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z When it comes to gay relationships, publicly displaying physical affection can often seem like navigating a land mine. Dear straight people: Stop calling my boyfriend and me “cute” 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Then, in the Season 3 finale, the series exploded a land mine. ‘M*A*S*H’ at 50: War Is Hell(arious) 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z “It’s very difficult for us to renovate and modernize two state-of-the-art stadiums in Maryland,” Stronach says carefully, dancing diplomatically around the political land mines. The Preakness has a storied past, but this woman wants to move it into the future 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Photos of injured people “helped change public opinion with regard to the use of anti-personnel land mines,” he recalled. A photo exhibit at the Embassy of Switzerland depicts victims of war Twitter is sort of a field of land mines. Just Asking: Bret Baier, Fox News Channel’s chief political anchor In June, Harry threw his weight behind mine clearance efforts in Angola, saying land mines were “a humanitarian issue and not a political one.” Prince Harry to visit Angola de-mining project, in Diana's footsteps 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Double crosses, red herrings, dead certainties and live land mines. ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Review: Black Lives Mattered in Vietnam, Too 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z What appears on the surface to be just an item on the to-do list is really a land mine of complex feelings, such as frustration, anxiety and fear, he said. Perspective | My nest is empty, but the stuff remains. Why is decluttering so emotionally fraught? 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z From the way he measures his steps, you might think there were land mines beneath the blank white surface of the stage. Review: Stephen Rea Is One Really Mad Man in ‘Cyprus Avenue’ 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He said gunmen opened fire on villagers, killing at least 17 people and that on Tuesday a land mine exploded, killing at least 20 villagers who were returning from burying victims of the previous attack. Suspected Boko Haram kills at least 40 in Nigeria's Yobe state, police say 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Vucic pledged Serbia would investigate the origin of weapons seized after the incident by Kosovo police, who have displayed a cache including assault rifles, machine guns, anti-tank rocket launchers, hand grenades, land mines and drones. Exclusive: Serbia to investigate killing of policeman in northern Kosovo - Vucic 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Police also displayed an array of weapons and ammunition they said had been seized, including former Yugoslav army assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, mortars, anti-tank rocket launchers, hand grenades, land mines and drones. Kosovo says Serbia should hand over escaped Serb gunmen after deadly shootout 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z In announcing its military operation Tuesday, Azerbaijan aired a long list of grievances, accusing pro-Armenian forces of attacking its positions, planting land mines and engaging in sabotage. Talks have opened on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan claims full control of the region 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry announced the start of the military operation hours after it reported that four soldiers and two civilians died in land mine explosions in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia fight for 2nd day over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z But in 2003 on a routine patrol in Iraq he hit land mine and was left with a badly injured left foot and shrapnel wounds over his legs and back. Injured veterans say Invictus Games gave purpose 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Earlier on Tuesday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that helping Ukraine to get across a massive land mine belt can become a joint effort by Germany and other partners. Netherlands to supply Ukraine with a thousand chargers for remote demining 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Three decades of war finally ended in the late 1990s but left Cambodia littered with an estimated 4 million to 6 million land mines and other ordnance. Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried in ground at Cambodian school 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The “last time you had a nation of that power using land mines on any kind of industrial scale” was the Soviet Union in Afghanistan four decades ago, he said. Ukraine faces the deadly threat of land mines as Russians retreat Armenia’s Foreign Ministry, however, denied that its weapons or troops were in Nagorno-Karabakh and called reported sabotage and land mines in the region “a lie.” Azerbaijan and Armenia fight for 2nd day over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s much anticipated offensive against the entrenched Russian army is reportedly being significantly hampered by the countless land mines that the invaders have buried all over the lands where the fight is raging. Putin plants a grim harvest in Ukraine | Horsey cartoon 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z An estimated two million land mines are strewn inside the 2.5-mile-wide zone. Life Along the Korean DMZ, 70 Years After the Fighting Ended 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The Cambodian government aims to clear all the nation’s leftover land mines and unexploded ordnance by 2025. Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried in ground at Cambodian school 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The Messenger, which first reported Mr Reed's injuries, says he suffered shrapnel wounds from stepping on a land mine two weeks ago. Trevor Reed: Ex-US marine freed by Russia is injured fighting in Ukraine 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Fighting through Russian anti-tank and anti-personnel land mines are a major obstacle for Ukrainian forces pressing their slow-moving counteroffensive, leading to many casualties. The Pentagon unveils $1.3 billion for Ukraine, bringing total new U.S. aid this week to $2.3 billion. 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Russian forces are dug in behind fields laden with land mines, so the Ukrainian military has been forced to move cautiously and progress has been slow. Explosions Damage Crimea Bridge as Russia Blames Ukraine for Attack 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z They cultivate land under the watchful eyes of border guards despite the potential for land mines. Life Along the Korean DMZ, 70 Years After the Fighting Ended 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Casualties are mounting, and American officials have said that Ukraine has also lost newly provided Western armored vehicles in field after field of land mines. Russian Forces Are Doing ‘Everything They Can’ to Stop Counteroffensive, Zelensky Says 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z She was especially impressed by the instructor’s lecture on possible land mine threats. In Ukraine, civilians train in survival skills to cope with dangers from Russia’s war 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Instead, they lie dormant on — or under — the ground, becoming small land mines. Column: Yes, cluster munitions are awful. No, that doesn't mean we shouldn't give them to Ukraine 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Ukraine has said it would deploy the weapons judiciously, given that it is fighting on its own land, and that many frontline areas are already widely affected by land mines. U.S. Expected to Provide Cluster Munitions to Ukraine, Official Says 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Near his tent was a warning against “stray land mines.” Life Along the Korean DMZ, 70 Years After the Fighting Ended 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The American stockpile, built up over generations, was shocking in its scale: Cluster bombs and land mines filled with nerve agent. U.S. Is Destroying the Last of Its Once-Vast Chemical Weapons Arsenal 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z When the Russians retreated last March, many land mines were left in the area, which now could be deadly dangerous, hidden in the grass. In Ukraine, civilians train in survival skills to cope with dangers from Russia’s war 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Seconds later, a flash of bright orange and a cloud of white smoke mark the spot, just a few metres away, where yet another land mine has been triggered. Ukraine war: The lethal minefields holding up Kyiv's counter-offensive 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Ukrainian forces have been mired by staunch Russian defenses, mounting casualties and field after field of land mines. In Small Victory, Signs of Grueling Combat Ahead in Ukrainian Counteroffensive 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z It urged the Ukrainian government to “act on its expressed commitment not to use banned antipersonnel land mines, investigate the military’s use of these weapons, and hold those responsible to account.” Group Accuses Ukraine of Using Prohibited Land Mines 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z But Russian land mines stand in their way. 115 Degrees Fahrenheit 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Russia has in recent months been trying to strengthen its defenses along the Crimean coast, laying land mines and building obstacles to slow tanks. Bridge to Russian-occupied Crimea is damaged 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z In recent months, anticipating the counteroffensive, Russia has been trying to strengthen its defenses along the Crimean coast, laying land mines and building obstacles to slow down tanks. Missiles Strike Russian-Held Bridge Far Behind Ukraine Front Line 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z She drove 40 hours to reach Moldova, thankful that she “didn’t drive on a single land mine and nobody shot into my car.” Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Human Rights Watch has issued several reports about land mine use by Russian and Ukrainian forces since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Group Accuses Ukraine of Using Prohibited Land Mines 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The general idea was that rows of the evenly spaced structures — some with land mines nestled between them — would force tanks into positions where they could be more easily targeted. Ukraine’s Counteroffensive: What to Know 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z A T-90 Russian tank that hit a land mine had emerged unscathed, even though the person inside took such a hard hit that he died, Mr. Putin said. Putin addresses the war in an unusual talk with Russian journalists. 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z It had already been suffering, having been closed since last year after it was occupied for months by Russian forces, and it remains inaccessible because of land mines. ‘Everything Will Die’: A Dam Blast Imperils Ukraine’s Vital Lifeline 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Aid groups and Ukrainian officials warned that the flood had washed away many land mines, sending them tumbling toward the sea, and that other debris could collide with and detonate floating naval mines. Battles Rage as Ukraine Tries to Retake Russian-Occupied Territory 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z In 1997, more than 100 countries agreed not to use or maintain stockpiles of anti-personnel land mines, small explosive weapons that are typically buried just below the ground’s surface. Group Accuses Ukraine of Using Prohibited Land Mines 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Russian land mines, for example, have been washed into the river and deposited in unexpected places. Destruction of Ukrainian dam threatens nature reserves, rare species 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, other projects had to be paused because there are too many land mines in the protected areas or because fighting is raging. Ukrainian Dam Collapse Triggers ‘Ecological Disaster’ 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The floods ruined crops, displaced land mines, caused widespread environmental damage, and set the stage for long-term electricity shortages. A dam collapses and thousands face the deluge — often with no help — in Russian-occupied Ukraine 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The land mines, some of which have detonated, pose a lethal risk to people on or near the waters. Battles Rage as Ukraine Tries to Retake Russian-Occupied Territory 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Not only have many people lost access to clean drinking water — with contamination threatened by oil leaks, landfills and latrines — but volunteers and residents also face deadly hazards, like land mines, dispersed by the flooding. Zelensky Visits Ukraine’s Flood Zone, Where Residents See ‘Horror’ Float By 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The ensuing flooding has ruined crops, displaced land mines, wrought widespread environmental damage, and set the stage for long-term electricity shortages. Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelenskyy visit 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Floodwaters from the dam collapse in southern Ukraine have destroyed towns, spreading chemicals and dislodging land mines. Wildfire Smoke Envelops the U.S. 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The destruction could also dislodge land mines, which would create new hazards as they are washed downstream. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The flooding could also expose underground land mines and wash them downstream. Destroyed Ukrainian Dam Floods War Zone and Forces Residents to Flee 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Eight years later, IS has lost its hold but restoration work on the site has been held up by security issues, leftover IS land mines and lack of funding. Restoration lags for Syria’s famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Treasury Department in December sanctioned North Korea's Border Guard General Bureau for human rights abuses, "including land mines and shoot-on-sight orders that have resulted in the deaths of numerous North Koreans". North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Just as gunpowder and firearms adversely affected some nomadic groups in the early modern era, so too did the development of land mines affect the Kuchi of Afghanistan and change their way of life. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Kühn, 65, said she formed the idea of starting her group after hosting an event at her home for dignitaries advocating for the eradication of land mines. For turning ‘mines to vines,’ founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Abandoned fishing gear is a worldwide problem that’s been referred to as anything from “ ghost nets ” to the “land mines of the sea.” New federal program targets abandoned crab, lobster traps 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Missions to the site were held up at first by security issues, including land mines that had to be cleared. Restoration lags for Syria’s famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Military experts argue that land mines can be a force multiplier when an army is outmanned, by channeling armored attackers into a narrower area where precision missiles can take them out. Opinion | These are not the battle droids you’re looking for 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z His first night on the job, a land mine exploded nearby. ‘Lord Commander’ of the DMZ Has Seen It All on the Korean Frontier 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z An area more than four times as large as Switzerland is unsafe because of land mines, the United Nations has estimated. Russia Pounds Cities Across the Country, Ukraine Says. 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z “Anti-tank land mines are an important defensive capability against Russia’s tanks and armored vehicles, helping Ukraine’s forces repel Russia’s attacks and shape the battlefield to Ukraine’s advantage,” Maj. Pentagon Aid Package to Ukraine Includes Decades-Old Anti-Tank Land Mines 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Truffle hunting has become a dangerous pursuit in Syria: At least 84 people have been killed this season after stepping on land mines, being attacked by gunmen or being kidnapped. Your Tuesday Briefing 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Despite a 2001 study by the National Academies calling for innovation to end the use of land mines, technologies have lagged. Opinion | These are not the battle droids you’re looking for 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Soon, he stopped registering them; the DMZ is strewn with two million land mines. ‘Lord Commander’ of the DMZ Has Seen It All on the Korean Frontier 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z An area four times as large as Switzerland is unsafe because of land mines, the United Nations has estimated. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The decision to provide M21s appears to carefully thread the needle between various areas of concern, given the controversy that has accompanied the use of land mines for decades. Pentagon Aid Package to Ukraine Includes Decades-Old Anti-Tank Land Mines 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Some were killed by land mines, others shot by gunmen or kidnapped and killed later. Truffle Hunting in Syria, Once a Beloved Pastime, Is Now a Danger 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The comeback of land mines exposes the myopia people suffer when talking about innovation. Opinion | These are not the battle droids you’re looking for 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z They organized cookouts and teed off at “the world’s most dangerous golf course”: a one-hole, par 3 surrounded on three sides by land mines. ‘Lord Commander’ of the DMZ Has Seen It All on the Korean Frontier 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Russia has a vast arsenal of land mines, and its soldiers a rich repertoire of tricks for setting booby traps. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z They often send troops into the open, without the protection of armored vehicles, to probe Ukrainian defenses, dig trenches or plant land mines, knowing that many will not return. Near Bakhmut, Death Is Delivered Remotely and Watched on Video 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z A Ukrainian official said that Russia was fortifying southern Ukraine with land mines and trenches to defend against a possible counteroffensive. Your Wednesday Briefing: Trump Charged With 34 Felonies 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z This could lead to innovations that would render land mines obsolete — in addition to unmanned fighter jets. Opinion | These are not the battle droids you’re looking for 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Four more civilians were killed in the northern Chernihiv region when their vehicles hit land mines, underscoring the perils of living in the war zone. With no peace in sight, NATO countries eye more Ukraine help 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Russia is among a few countries, along with the United States, that have not ratified a treaty banning land mines in war. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In “She and Her Kids and Me and Mine,” the only gay father in a gentrified neighborhood negotiates conversational land mines with an oblivious White mother during a playdate. 10 noteworthy books for April 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z In a video address, Mr Zelensky thanked Austria for its humanitarian assistance and help clearing land mines. Austria's far-right walks out of Zelensky speech 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Even as progress on alternatives to land mines has stagnated, inventive ways to clean up mine fields are emerging. Opinion | These are not the battle droids you’re looking for 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Zelenskiy addressed the chamber via video link, thanking Austria for its humanitarian aid and help with projects such as clearing land mines. Far-right lawmakers walk out of Zelenskiy speech to Austrian parliament 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z But all sorts of land mines lurked between them and the title. Perspective | Willis Reed always will be The Captain to a generation of Knicks fans 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Right in the middle of an area that we called the athletic field, meaning it was littered with land mines and you had to be like an athlete to jump over ’em all. Perspective | 4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z And some hospitals abandoned by Russian troops had land mines planted inside. As Zelensky Visits Kherson, World Bank Says Ukraine Needs $411 Billion to Rebuild 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z He praised the Ukrainians’ recent use of land mines as an “effective” battle tactic that had corralled Russian forces. Opinion | These are not the battle droids you’re looking for 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z He also said he had visited Kharkiv, north of Bakhmut, on Wednesday to discuss reconstruction efforts, restoring electricity and removing land mines. Zelensky Makes Morale-Boosting Trip to Bakhmut 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z A wounded soldier was loaded onto a helicopter after suffering shrapnel injuries caused by a land mine or an improvised explosive device in Latifah on May 19. In Photos: The Iraq War 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Congress should quickly restore the more stringent Dodd-Frank oversight regime, which would give our financial system a better chance of recognizing the next hidden financial land mine before it explodes. Opinion | If banks want federal rescue, they should accept federal regulation 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It said its teams “discovered the presence of antipersonnel land mines inside functioning hospitals” on Oct. As Zelensky Visits Kherson, World Bank Says Ukraine Needs $411 Billion to Rebuild 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In areas at a safer distance, like Mr. Hordienko’s farmland, Ukrainian mine clearers known as sappers must still survey and remove thousands of land mines and unexploded ordnance before anyone can resume a normal life. In Fields Sown With Bombs, Ukraine’s Farmers Risk Deadly Harvest 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Some 29,000 Indigenous Awa people live along the border and are subject to killings, forced displacement, land mines and recruitment of minors, among other ills, by armed groups, Colombia's ombudsman said. Colombia, Ecuador working to prevent Indigenous abuse by armed groups 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Navigating these political land mines will fall to Meyer, who will face a Republican Party transformed since his time as Gingrich’s chief of staff and his more recent experience as Bush’s top legislative aide. The Kevin McCarthy aide tasked with defusing the GOP’s debt limit bomb 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Hanwha, formerly known as Korea Explosives, was making dynamite when the government designated it as a defense contractor in the 1970s to make grenades, land mines and signal flares. They’re Exporting Billions in Arms. Just Not to Ukraine. 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z In one skirmish, Ukrainian soldiers seeded the fields around a dirt road with land mines and hid anti-tank teams in the tree line around the fields. Your Thursday Briefing: Nigeria’s New ‘Big Boss’ 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The world's largest land mine charity, the Halo Trust, is doubling its workforce in Ukraine this year to clear areas of explosives. Ukraine war: Halo Trust landmine charity to double workforce 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Announcements will include doubling the training mission for Ukrainian troops to 30,000 soldiers and €25m to help rid liberated territory of land mines. Ukraine EU membership: No short cuts on joining, officials warn ahead of summit 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The land mines were scattered “in and around” the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum, the New York-based organization said in a news release. Ukraine accused of using banned mines in Izyum 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “People see those who get around using a wheelchair as useless,” said James Moses, who leads a local organization in South Sudan for disabled people and uses crutches after being wounded by a land mine. ‘He’s close to us’: Wheelchair users in Africa await pope 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z “Searching there is dangerous because of possible unexploded bombs, land mines and shells,” the municipality said in a statement. World War II-era map sparks treasure hunt in Dutch village 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z In Mykolaiv Province, in southern Ukraine, a car ran over a land mine on Saturday, the authorities there said, wounding four people, including a baby. Zelensky Urges Ukrainians to Remain Unified 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z In turn, Azerbaijan alleges that Armenians have used the corridor to transport land mines into Nagorno-Karabakh in violation of the armistice terms. EXPLAINER: Tensions high over isolated Azerbaijan region 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The report Tuesday reversed the organization’s earlier findings that Ukraine had not used antipersonnel land mines. Ukraine accused of using banned mines in Izyum 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Smart rulemakers will consider the effect on people covered by those rules, solicit general input to make the wording detailed and inclusive — ideally before laying down accidental land mines — and enforce the rules consistently. Advice | Work Advice: Lawmakers’ dress code dustup has lessons for everyone 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z “When the column appeared the next day, the land mine exploded,” he continued. Harry and Meghan reject Jeremy Clarkson's apology for hateful column about duchess 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z It is also seeking to exert greater control over the road that is now being blocked, known as the Lachin Corridor, claiming that Armenia is using it to illegally transport land mines into the territory. Renewed Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Underlines Russia’s Waning Influence 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The Ukrainian deminers are being hosted by the Cambodian Mine Action Center, a government agency that oversees the clearing of land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia. Cambodian experts begin training Ukrainian deminers 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Deminers say it could take decades to clear the area of land mines and other unexploded ordnance. Ukraine accused of using banned mines in Izyum 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Smith’s fast-paced approach stands in contrast to past special counsels, whose investigations have dragged on as they hired staff members, explored new leads and navigated political land mines. The Special Counsel Investigating Trump Faces Headwinds Few Others Have 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The rest of the attacks were artillery, missiles and drone attacks, as well as from land mines, road bombs and light arms. Arms supplied by UK, US killed civilians in Yemen 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The country asks public school teachers to carry this nation’s future on their backs, and then we force them to walk through a field of land mines. Perspective | Suffer the teachers 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The New York-based group Human Rights Watch said last June that Russia is using land mines in Ukraine “that are causing civilian casualties and suffering, as well as disrupting food production.” Cambodian experts begin training Ukrainian deminers 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Human Rights Watch has published three reports on Moscow’s use of land mines during the conflict. Ukraine accused of using banned mines in Izyum 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The company has pivoted in the last few months though - and is trialling tech that can spot land mines. Ukraine war: Trying to run start-ups in a conflict 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Ukrainian farmers, for example, have continued to plant and harvest crops despite the threat from Russian rockets and land mines, and have adapted planting to cultivate more in-demand crops, like corn. Battered and Strained by War, Ukraine’s Economy Adapts to Survive 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The Dec. 17 front-page article “The Russians retreated. Their explosives did not.,” vividly portrayed the horror of individuals who are forced to live in proximity to unexploded ordnance, including antipersonnel land mines. Opinion | Cluster munitions are also a danger to Ukrainian civilians 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Cambodia was littered with land mines and other unexploded ordnance after almost three decades of war ending in the late 1990s. Cambodian experts begin training Ukrainian deminers 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Buried land mines kill thousands of people each year. 10 Ways AI Was Used for Good This Year 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z If nothing else, it can help you get a better understanding of where they're coming from, and avoid future land mines. A conflict resolution expert on how to survive the holidays 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z She said land mines and unexploded ordnance continue to account for the largest number of civilian casualties, killing and injuring more than 164 people, including 74 children, between July and September. UN envoy seeking renewed truce and path to peace in Yemen 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The writer is U.S. executive director of Humanity & Inclusion, which assists survivors of land mines and cluster munitions. Opinion | Cluster munitions are also a danger to Ukrainian civilians 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Russian forces on the east bank of the river have continued to shell the city, and the area is riddled with land mines. Ukraine Plans Evacuations in 2 Stricken Cities as Temperatures Plunge 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Kyiv also estimates that nearly 61,000 square miles of the country could be littered with land mines and other explosives. As the War Rages, Ukraine Wages a Daunting Battle to Rebuild 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Though the project succumbed to the elements and geopolitics, the Germans’ endeavor scarred the landscape and left the shoreline dotted with land mines for decades — buried traces of fascist hubris. Review | A personal portrait of a troublingly beautiful landscape 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The real and perceived political land mines that accompany an investigation into Mr. Trump could be navigated, Mr. Garland suggested, by strictly following the rule of law. Trump May Pose a Test No Special Counsel Can Pass 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z After the detonation of a land mine at the plant damaged a critical power line on Monday, the agency said the incident demonstrated “the fragile nuclear safety and security situation at the facility.” The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant returns to relying on generators after shelling. 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z He was deployed to Bosnia, where he found himself under fire, clearing mass graves and being slammed against a tank by an exploding land mine. A Championship Season in Mariachi Country 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z So far, only 288 square miles of the 61,000 square miles freed of Russian control have been cleared of land mines, improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, according to the U.S. As the War Rages, Ukraine Wages a Daunting Battle to Rebuild 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z New York-based Human Rights Watch, in a report in June, charged that Russia was using land mines “that are causing civilian casualties and suffering, as well as disrupting food production.” Cambodia to send deminers to help train Ukrainians 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z As they crossed into Turkey, Leyla recalled, “I had to walk miles through fields with land mines,” adding that she had to “hide from the Turkish military in tall grass while I was convulsing.” For Daughter of American Militant, Scars of ISIS’s Reign Run Deep 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Fears about undiscovered financial land mines in the firm’s finances have weighed heavily on the bank. Credit Suisse Unveils Sweeping Revamp to Revive Its Fortunes 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Officials have warned people against seeking out firewood in forest areas that were occupied by Russia, as many areas are still peppered with land mines. In Shattered Homes, Ukrainians Brace for a Cold Winter 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z As they worked, they warned an Associated Press reporter about the Russian land mines still hidden in the surrounding grass. Winter is coming: Ukrainians dig in for brutal season ahead 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Lyubov Mamedova, whose son was killed this month by a Russian land mine, said he had enthusiastically signed up to fight at the beginning of the war, certain that Ukraine would defeat the invaders. Ukrainians’ resilience persists despite new Russian barrage 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Or, it could be an active land mine. Ukrainian minesweepers remove deadly threats to civilians 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “In September, 70 civilians were reportedly killed or injured by land mines, improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance.” UN chief urges Yemen’s warring parties to extend truce 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The MRAPs are designed to survive explosive blasts from land mines and improvised bombs. A new package of U.S. military aid will speed more mobile rocket launchers to Ukraine. 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z It said in a statement on Friday that there had been a series of land mine explosions near the plant in recent days that jeopardized safety and security at the facility. The director general of the Zaporizhzhianuclear plant has been released from detention, the U.N. nuclear agency says. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Occasional explosions could be heard as demining teams detonated land mines. I Lived in Russia? Annexation Is News to Key City Reclaimed by Ukraine 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z While many settlements in the region have finally achieved some measure of safety after fierce battles reduced many of them to rubble, Russian land mines remain an ever-present threat in both urban and rural environments. Ukrainian minesweepers remove deadly threats to civilians 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z It said in a statement on Friday that there had been a series of land mine explosions near the plant in recent days that was jeopardizing safety and security at the facility. The U.N. nuclear agency calls for the release of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s director general. 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z As an expert in explosive device removal, H.S. spent nearly three decades carefully cleaning up land mines and disabling unexploded bombs planted by insurgent groups in Afghanistan. 'Blacklisted' Afghan interpreters were disqualified from U.S. visas. Now they’re in hiding 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z FedEx Field operations sidestepped obvious land mines — they introduced the defense, not the offense, on the loudspeakers, for instance — and as Wentz struggled mightily in the 24-8 loss, his performance rendered mocking mostly unnecessary. FedEx Field is for the birds as Eagles fans take over 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z In addition to clearing land mines, initial efforts at restoring control would focus on investigating war crimes and fixing gas and electrical utilities, Ukrainian officials said. I Lived in Russia? Annexation Is News to Key City Reclaimed by Ukraine 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Legislation banning the export of land mines, and the War Victims Fund, with Republican support. Sen. Patrick Leahy on how and why the Senate is a ‘broken place’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Earlier in the week, the agency said that the land mines appeared to have been set off by animals. The U.N. nuclear agency calls for the release of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s director general. 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z They said she died on Sept. 13, after her vehicle hit a land mine. Ukraine pays tribute to Russian woman who fought on its side 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z In Izium, where soldiers patrolled eerily deserted streets and explosions rang out every hour or so as Ukrainian soldiers cleared land mines, the city seemed only in the early stages of returning to normal. Zelensky Visits a City Just Miles From the Front, Underscoring Ukraine’s Gains 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z At the hospital Mr. Blinken was also introduced to Patron, a Jack Russell terrier that Ukrainian forces have credited with helping unearth hundreds of Russian land mines. In a Surprise Visit to Ukraine, Blinken Offers Aid and Encouragement 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z This includes damage to farm land from bombing and land mines, as well as the destruction of machinery, irrigation systems, and storage and transport infrastructure. Perspective | Ukrainian farms feed Europe and China. Russia wants to end that. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z She was one of the world's most recognised and photographed women and a high-profile supporter of humanitarian causes - including children's charities and land mine clearance - when she died. Mourners mark Princess Diana's death in Paris, 25 years on 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z A brutal six-week final stretch against some of their toughest opponents will fill the path to playoffs with land mines and roadblocks. Baltimore finds reasons to believe in Orioles’ surprising season 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Later, Diana met with land mine victims, holding a young girl who’d lost her left leg on her lap. Diana’s death stunned the world — and changed the royals 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Police later warned the family not to attend their funerals because terrorists had planted land mines outside the temple. Attacked at home, Afghan Sikhs find community on Long Island 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z At the head of the class was a woman named Hanna, along with a board showing images of unexploded munitions and land mines. War brings Ukraine’s women new roles and new dangers 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The sergeant stepped on a land mine and lost both legs. Tim Page, storied Vietnam War photographer, dies at 78 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z German forces on the hills and cliffs above shot at them, and once they reached the beach, they encountered barbed wire and land mines. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Today, a treaty banning land mines has been signed by 164 countries. Diana’s death stunned the world — and changed the royals 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z They have overcome boardroom showdowns, investor power struggles and regulatory land mines. The Summer of NIMBY in Silicon Valley’s Poshest Town 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Now, she is working in cities like Chernihiv, from which the Russian occupiers have since retreated, to make war-ravaged cities and towns safe from land mines. War brings Ukraine’s women new roles and new dangers 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z As a farm employee harvested wheat with a grain combine on Sunday, the machine hit two land mines, resulting in a fire that burned more than 60% of the worker’s body. Dairy farm in Ukraine’s Donbas region struggles to survive 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z In the past, flooding has also brought land mines from the North into the South. Floods in Seoul Kill at Least 7, With More Rain Coming 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Tractors and combines have hit land mines in northern Ukraine even months after Russia retreated. Mines, Fires, Rockets: The Ravages of War Bedevil Ukraine’s Farmers 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z One of those soldiers, in his 40s and from central Russia, said he was serving in a motorised rifle battalion in the Luhansk region when shrapnel from a land mine lodged in his arm. Some wounded Russian soldiers find compensation elusive, despite Putin’s pledge 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z In the most recent case, the State Department confirmed on June 22 that Stephen Zabielski, 52, an Army veteran, was killed in May after stepping on a land mine. For Foreign Fighters in Ukraine, a War Unlike Any They’ve Seen 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z “Some of the soldiers were tossed away because the rebels have been using really powerful land mines,” de Leon said. Rebel land mine wounds 7 soldiers in central Philippines 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The game player must help him flee, dodging land mines and gunfire and passing through checkpoints controlled by rebels, government forces or religious zealots. Can video games teach people to be more empathetic? Maybe. 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Outside Mr. Sokol’s hometown in south-central Ukraine, two combines, including the John Deere operated by his neighbor, hit land mines over the last two weeks of July. Mines, Fires, Rockets: The Ravages of War Bedevil Ukraine’s Farmers 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z “The United States’ new policy on anti-personnel land mines is centered on people,” Bonnie Jenkins, undersecretary for arms control and international security, told reporters by phone. Biden administration reverses Trump-era rules on land mines 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The move effectively returns to a 2014 policy established by the Obama administration that forbade the use of antipersonnel land mines except in defense of South Korea. Biden Bans Most Antipersonnel Land Mine Use, Reversing Trump-Era Policy 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The government will file criminal complaints against rebel leaders for the attack and the use of internationally banned types of land mines, de Leon told reporters. Rebel land mine wounds 7 soldiers in central Philippines 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Anti-personnel land mines are buried underground or scattered on the surface, and they can pose a lethal threat to civilians long after combat has ended. Most land mine use by US military banned, except for Korea 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Several people were injured, he wrote, and an older man in the village of Tsurkuny, about 10 miles outside of Kharkiv, died when he stepped on a land mine. Russia steps up bombardments of Kharkiv, where Ukraine had pushed back its forces. 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z In places such as Afghanistan and Yemen, land mines have remained a hidden peril following conflicts, sowing farmlands or mountain paths with invisible and long-lasting danger. Biden administration reverses Trump-era rules on land mines 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Human rights groups have long condemned antipersonnel land mines — small explosive weapons that typically detonate after an unsuspecting victim steps on them — as a leading cause of preventable civilian casualties. Biden Bans Most Antipersonnel Land Mine Use, Reversing Trump-Era Policy 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Army veteran and had been killed by a land mine. Second American is reported killed in Ukraine fighting 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z That leaves the U.S. short of full compliance with the Ottawa Convention, the 1997 treaty intended to eliminate anti-personnel land mines. Most land mine use by US military banned, except for Korea 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Princess Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997, promoted and worked for scores of charities, raising awareness about homelessness, AIDS, leprosy and land mines, among other causes. Evoking Diana, Prince William commits to homelessness cause 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The United States is also the largest supporter of efforts to destroy conventional weapons including land mines and other unexploded munitions. Biden administration reverses Trump-era rules on land mines 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z One reason is that the Biden administration is maintaining an exception for use of land mines along the Demilitarized Zone, the 2.5-mile-wide buffer that has divided North and South Korea since 1953. Biden Bans Most Antipersonnel Land Mine Use, Reversing Trump-Era Policy 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z But even in the United States, I don’t think that I can buy a machine gun, or a bazooka, or a .50-caliber weapon, or land mines, or hand grenades, etc. Opinion | Are we not moved by the cries of these children? 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Russia's relentless shelling of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with cluster munitions and scatterable land mines amounts to a war crime that indiscriminately killed hundreds of civilians, Amnesty International said on Monday. Last Warren Buffett lunch auction fetches $2.35 million early bid 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The area was ringed with land mines, Russian troops, and artillery. U.S. volunteers rescue victims of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z That policy permitted military commanders to order the use of some land mines in combat as long as they had a self-destruct or self-deactivation feature. Biden administration reverses Trump-era rules on land mines 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z In early April, evidence surfaced of Russia’s use of a new type of antipersonnel land mine in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that launches an explosive warhead when it senses people nearby. Biden Bans Most Antipersonnel Land Mine Use, Reversing Trump-Era Policy 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The law has been a land mine for Trump allies accused of secretly exploiting their insider access to affect U.S. foreign policy and peddling influence to further their own business interests. Ex-U.S. diplomat pleads guilty in Qatar lobbying plot, names general 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Some proceeds from sales have gone toward funding girls’ education in Afghanistan, land mine removal in Laos and services for disabled veterans in Washington State. They Served. Now, Inspired by What They Saw, They Sell. 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z His course is not just about land mines: Romaniuk also runs basic military drills. In hopes of returning home, displaced Ukrainians learn how to detect mines 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The Biden administration has highlighted the toll that land mines are taking in the war in Ukraine, where officials say Russia has planted mines indiscriminately. Biden administration reverses Trump-era rules on land mines 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z In Bezruky, a town north of Kharkiv, The New York Times documented Russia’s use of anti-tank land mines that can explode if picked up by humans, which means they would be banned under international law. Biden Bans Most Antipersonnel Land Mine Use, Reversing Trump-Era Policy 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The military has completed clearing the port of land mines and it has been made fully operational, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Ukraine: Russia must withdraw to pre-war positions for talks 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z His mother had kept her seven children alive for four years, surviving land mines and jungles. In storied New England mill city, Cambodian Americans make political history 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The previous UN and Red Cross operation to free more than 100 people was held up by land mines and mortar fire. Ukraine war: Civilians now out of Azovstal plant in Mariupol, says deputy PM 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also reminded people not to go into forests that were recently under Russian occupation because of the many land mines and trip wires that remain. Evacuation efforts go on at sprawling Ukrainian steel mill 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The move was “an important step,” the group said in a statement on Tuesday, reiterating its call for the president to “ban the use of antipersonnel land mines without geographic exceptions, including the Korean Peninsula.” Biden Bans Most Antipersonnel Land Mine Use, Reversing Trump-Era Policy 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Drives through Russian-occupied territory took eight hours to Mariupol, passing checkpoints and skirting occasional morasses of mud and corpses, while constantly fearing land mines, he said. The man who evacuated 200 people from Mariupol in a battered red van 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z No. It was that classic Q&A land mine — more of a comment than a question. Don Winslow talks Shakespeare and Coppola, but not retirement, at Festival of Books 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Besides land mines, the two greatest dangers to hikers in the Kurdistan Region are airstrikes and paramilitary groups. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z It is entirely off limits to humans, protected by guards, fences and land mines. A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Russian troops left behind land mines and vehicles and destroyed bridges as they withdrew from towns in northern Ukraine, the ministry said in an intelligence update. Attacks rock Ukrainian cities, as Mariupol nears full Russian control 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z The United States’ posture on land mines is that anti-vehicle and anti-personnel mines serve complementary functions, and are most effective when used together. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z “These weapons combine the worst possible attributes of cluster munitions and land mines,” said Brian Castner, a senior arms researcher for Amnesty International. Land mines on a timer, scattered over a Ukrainian town 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z As with land mines, a deadly strike on a hiking group could set the Zagros trail back a generation. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Older types of land mines typically explode when victims accidentally step on them or disturb attached tripwires. New Russian Land Mine Poses Special Risk in Ukraine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The moment there is a pause in fighting, refugees and aid groups say, Thai authorities send them back, despite Myanmar’s military taking over villages, burning homes and setting land mines. Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z By and large, experts say, those are not the kinds of land mines being used in Ukraine. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Scatterable land mines can include those meant to kill people and those designed to destroy tanks. Land mines on a timer, scattered over a Ukrainian town 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The one above us was thought to be surrounded by land mines. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Once widely used around the world, antipersonnel land mines often kill and maim civilians long after hostilities have ceased. New Russian Land Mine Poses Special Risk in Ukraine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The moment there is a pause in fighting, refugees and aid groups say, Thai authorities send them back, despite Myanmar’s military taking over villages, burning homes and setting land mines. Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In 2014, the Obama administration introduced a formal policy explicitly banning the production or stockpiling of anti-personnel land mines, in an effort to align U.S. conduct with the key tenets of the Ottawa Convention. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z “So please, Russians, please stop using it, because many of the people that are victims of land mines have nothing to do with what’s happening between Ukraine and Russia,” Arango Olmos said. Russia urged to stop using land mines in its war in Ukraine 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The Houthis deployed child soldiers, laid land mines and launched increasingly sophisticated drone and missile attacks at Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, another coalition member. Yemen’s Warring Parties Begin First Cease-Fire in 6 Years 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Ukraine is one of the 164 nations that have signed a 1997 treaty banning the use of antipersonnel land mines and pledged to purge their stockpiles. New Russian Land Mine Poses Special Risk in Ukraine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z One recent viral video showed a civilian carefully moving a land mine off a highway, a cigarette hanging from his lips. TikTok and Twitter capture Ukraine war in frighteningly real time 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Ukrainian personnel have sought to clear Russian anti-personnel land mines from the suburbs north of Kyiv, the senior U.S. defense official said. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Which brings us to goblets and land mines. The Power of the Squat 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z North of the city, on windswept beach popular with summer tourists, razor wire, land mines and sandbags now block all access to the sea. Ukraine war: Odesa defies Russia and embraces signs of life 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z “Wars end, they stay,” Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, said of land mines and unexploded munitions. New Russian Land Mine Poses Special Risk in Ukraine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z What school staff didn’t realize at the time was that the alarm, to a child raised amid war, signaled trouble and he had been taught not go onto fields because of land mines. Afghan refugee children, arriving in the Seattle area after the fall of Kabul, start school 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The United States and its allies also contribute several hundred million dollars annually toward global land mine removal. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z A week later, flares from Russian artillery lit up the Zaporizhzhia plant; Ukrainian media reported that the Russian army had placed land mines around the plant’s perimeter and was stockpiling arms at both nuclear installations. Perspective | One thing nuclear power plants weren’t built to survive: War 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z In addition to the unexploded Russian ordnances, the Ukrainian troops also have planted land mines at bridges, airports and other key infrastructure to prevent Russians from using them. Live updates: Ukraine says 112 children died in war so far 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z “Look at what’s happening in Ukraine — Russia is placing land mines in people’s homes, as well as children’s playgrounds and places where people go,” Mr. Leahy said. New Russian Land Mine Poses Special Risk in Ukraine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In addition to the unexploded Russian ordnance, Ukrainian troops have planted land mines at bridges, airports and other key locations to prevent the Russians from using them. Minister: Clearing live ordnance in Ukraine will take years 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z “Our grandchildren will be talking about land mines in Ukraine,” Rutherford said. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z A land mine could be seen on the ground. Live updates: US officers to help screen refugees in Europe 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z En Poy, 33, the sole survivor of the Jan. 10 accident that killed Ma Simet and two others, was maimed by another land mine when he was a child. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “This is the time when I would expect the Russians to start using land mines on a massive basis.” New Russian Land Mine Poses Special Risk in Ukraine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The report also contains rare criticism of the forces opposed to military rule, noting their alleged involvement in forced and child recruitment as well as land mine use. UN human rights council asked to act against Myanmar army 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “It’s going to take decades to clear those land mines.” Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Others were convicted of targeting government employees and “vital economic sites,” smuggling weapons into the kingdom, killing law enforcement officers and planting land mines that the ministry said were intended for use against police vehicles. Saudi Arabia Puts 81 to Death, Despite Promises to Curb Executions 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z He is so deeply in debt that he is considering returning to his job finding land mines. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Similar relief efforts had failed in recent days as fighting raged around the city and land mines pocked roads in the area. U.S. to Send Arms to Ukraine, as Russia Intensifies Campaign of Destruction 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Just last week, the government said it would be sending only “non-lethal” aid to Italy’s military forces, such as equipment to disable land mines. Live: Live updates: Russia shells square in major Ukraine city 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Since 1997, the type of land mines designed to kill people — known as anti-personnel land mines — have been outlawed by most countries. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z What you can do: Monetary donations can help initiatives, which include aid to hospitals, schools and community centers, along with education initiatives on how to avoid land mines. Here’s how WA residents can help the people of Ukraine 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z He too, was killed by a land mine, nearly 30 years ago. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The Red Cross also provides education about avoiding land mines and unexploded ordnance. Want to help Ukraine? These California organizations need your support 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z She knew there was a land mine in the poem she planned to read, but she considered it essential to what she was trying to teach. Column: The N-word doesn't belong in a fourth-grade classroom, even in poetry 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z As the world watches the war unfold, various countries are drawing unique conclusions about the use of land mines. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Special Forces hunt down Taliban targets, even after suffering leg and chest injuries from stepping on a land mine. Afghans Who Bet on Fast Path to the U.S. Are Facing a Closed Door 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Ma Simet took a job deactivating land mines to spare his new wife the danger. ‘They don’t know about war’: Cambodia’s legacy of forgotten horrors 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The stories told on the SoFi Stadium field Sunday night were multilayered, a dynamic performance sprawling atop a moat of potential political land mines. Rap Takes Over Super Bowl Halftime, Balancing Celebration and Protest 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The new law outlaws the production, use or transfer of land mines, except for training military and police personnel in mine detection, clearance, deactivation and destruction. Sri Lanka approves law implementing anti-land mine treaty 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z President Biden’s top military adviser, Gen. Mark A. Milley, told U.S. lawmakers last week that land mines “are important in order to shape enemy operations.” Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z She misspoke on some details, referring to “abandoned land mines” instead of “abandoned mine lands” in coal country. Biden plan to spend $725M to clean up abandoned coal mines 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Bombs, artillery shells, land mines and the relatively small warheads atop short-range missiles were the easiest to relocate and most likely to fall into unfriendly hands. Ukraine Gave Up a Giant Nuclear Arsenal 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets. 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z The self-defense movement in the town of Tepalcatepec, in western Michoacan state, said improvised land mines severely damaged an army armored car late last week. Mexican cartels now use IEDs as well as bomb-dropping drones 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The government said in 2016 that 22,100 people were killed or injured by land mines or explosive remnants of the war. Sri Lanka approves law implementing anti-land mine treaty 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The greater danger, observers say, is if Russia’s more indiscriminate use of land mines also proves successful in slowing Ukrainian forces and in turn inspires nations seeking to exert dominance over others. Land mines create a deadly legacy for Ukraine and possibly beyond 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z More than 5,000 South Sudanese have been killed or injured by land mines and unexploded ordnance since 2004, according to the United Nations Mine Action Service. South Sudan’s legacy of land mines hurts recovery from war 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z There are also trillions of protein weapons that you can think of as land mines. The myth of a 'super-charged' immune system 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z “There are so many sort of layers and industries and lobbyists,” he added, “that if you do one thing over here, it turns out you step on a political land mine over there.” To-Go Drinks Had Plenty of Fans in New York. Just Not the Right Ones. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z He has worked in makeshift clinics made of tents in camps for four months, treating people with general illnesses and those wounded by military shelling and land mines. Death, danger, despair: A year in Myanmar under the military 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The organization trains rats and dogs to sniff out land mines and tuberculosis. Rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The African giant pouched rat was part of the “HeroRAT” initiative run by the Belgian nonprofit APOPO, which works across Southeast Asia and Africa, training rats to detect land mines and tuberculosis. Magawa, Rat That Hunted Land Mines, Dies in Retirement 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Afghanistan is among the countries with the most unexploded land mines and other ordnance from the country’s decades of war and conflict. Taliban: Explosion kills 9 children in eastern Afghanistan 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The man hurried over rough terrain dusted with snow, navigating the threat of untold land mines left over from a last-century war, his movements slipping in and out of view of thermal cameras. Some escapees pay bribes, cross rivers, risk lives to return to Kim Jong Un's North Korea 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Discrimination based on familial — or family — status is a legal land mine that multifamily housing developments often struggle to avoid, said attorneys for the firm Becker & Poliakoff, which specializes in issues involving community associations. Diaper donnybrook: Family sues condo board, claim swim diaper ban violates baby’s civil rights 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Almost three decades of civil war that ended in 1998 left Cambodia littered with land mines and other unexploded ordnance that continues to kill and maim. Rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “His legacy will live on for decades to come, in the lives he has helped to save through his incredible work detecting land mines in Cambodia.” Magawa, Rat That Hunted Land Mines, Dies in Retirement 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The Ukrainian military fortified the shoreline several years ago by deploying land mines throughout the water. In their shared sea, Ukraine and Russia already risk direct conflict every day 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z The giant pouched rats are endemic here in Tanzania, where we’ve had a land mine detection program with them for 20 years. Forget dogs: These rats could be the future of search and rescue 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z The issue is likely to remain with the group of governmental experts and not be elevated to special talks — with a view toward other U.N. agreements that restrict cluster munitions and land mines. Nations renew talks on ‘killer robots’ as deal hopes narrow 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z African giant pouched rats are believed to be especially well-suited for land mine clearance because their small size lets them walk across mine fields without triggering the explosives. Rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “I think there are land mines all over the place here,” he said. Latest NIL twist: Millions being pledged to college athletes 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Ko Sithu, the teacher in Don Taw, thought soldiers had come to clear land mines when they approached his village the morning they burned the 11 people. 'My friends are being burned': Atrocities mount under Myanmar's junta 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z While the White House is in charge of organizing the summit — and navigating the various diplomatic land mines — it is leaning on the State Department to incorporate the civil society leaders. Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’ includes countries that hardly seem to qualify 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z There are smaller quantities of land mines and rockets, artillery shells and mortars. Takeaways: AP investigates missing US military explosives 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Other categories included artillery, mortars, land mines, grenades, rockets and armor-piercing 40 mm grenades shot from a launcher. AP: US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Five years later, with two children and a third on the way, Ms. Hussein became a widow after her husband stepped on a land mine. They Twice Gave Up Everything to Flee Iraq. They Keep Getting Sent Back. 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Locals also claim — though there is little evidence beyond a few craters in roads — that the cartels are starting to use land mines. Mexico’s drug war uses drones, human shields, gunships 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z “The only thing I know is my life is destroyed,” said Ms. Hussein, who was married at 14 and widowed four years later when her husband stepped on a land mine. Limping and Penniless, Iraqis Deported From Belarus Face Bleak Futures 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Holidays are full of other land mines, such as co-workers plying their special shortbread. How to avoid stuffing yourself silly over the holidays 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z The researchers say they documented a Russian factory-made “anti-handling” device, or booby-trap, that can be set under a land mine to go off when someone tries to disarm the mine. Weapons Tracing Study Implicates Russia in Ukraine Conflict 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Trenches, sand bags and land mines are in place around the city, two military sources and a local official said. Yemen's Marib city battens down as Houthis advance through energy-rich province 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The state news agency also reported that two women and a baby were killed on Sunday when their cart hit an improvised land mine in the department of Ouindigui. Armed men kill 10 civilians in northern Burkina Faso 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Fighter planes were deployed to fire rockets on the rebel positions, which the military said was protected by land mines, before a ground assault was ordered. Key rebel leader in Philippines killed, in decades old fight 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z These pages are a navigational challenge for Couric, as she threads her way through reputational land mines that she barely escapes. Review | Katie Couric recalls her rise to ‘Today’ — and what she really thought of everyone 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Ignoring the organization’s portfolio of postseason fiascos, its half-century of stepping on land mines, he assessed the Chiefs’ infrastructure — their inventive coaching staff, resourceful front office and nucleus of young talent — and forecast a dynasty. In Rolling Over Chiefs, Bills Encounter Little Resistance 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “Almost immediately,” Latchford wrote, “we found ourselves in the depths of the jungle walking along narrow overgrown paths flanked by ‘skull and crossbones’ on a red background, warning us of land mines.” Global hunt for looted cultural treasures leads to offshore trusts 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z It also said Wagner personnel had left behind a computer tablet with a map showing 35 locations where land mines were planted near civilian buildings, in areas abandoned by retreating eastern forces. Libya's warring sides, including Russian mercenaries, may be guilty of crimes - UN 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Let’s do the one that is not a political land mine first. Marcos Alonso and the Genius of Thomas Tuchel 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Mortars, rockets, cartridges of various calibers and anti-personnel land mines recovered from decades-old weapons’ caches piled up around a rusting Soviet armored personnel carrier. In Panjshir, Few Signs of an Active Resistance, or Any Fight at All 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Wood was killed when his military vehicle struck a land mine in Tikrit. A deadly month: The lives and stories of 22 Californians who died in one brutal month in the war on terror 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Helicoptering into remote Cambodia to visit Khmer Empire cities, he risked land mines to satisfy his curiosity. Global hunt for looted cultural treasures leads to offshore trusts 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z "I got pretty doomsday with my thinking for a long time, but now I’m having fun and enjoying where I’m at. I no longer feel like every step I take is on a land mine." ‘Two and a Half Men’ star Angus T. Jones makes rare appearance in Los Angeles after leaving Hollywood 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Most of its patients are civilians — victims of land mines, improvised explosive devices, bombings, suicide attacks and diseases that flourish in communities without access to proper sanitation and medical services. Gino Strada, Italian doctor who served patients through war and strife, dies at 73 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z He was a human land mine, engineered to explode. The UW Huskies helped save Ryan Leaf’s life. By sharing his story, the former WSU QB is returning the favor. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Although Moreno, a nurse by training, survived the initial blast, she stepped on a land mine while rushing to help a wounded soldier. Deaths of 2 Marines in Kabul underscore the evolving roles of women in the military 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z A year later, he started work for the U.N.’s Comprehensive Disabled Afghan Project, a program that helped more than 100,000 land mine victims. He Built a Robot to Prove a Point About Refugees 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z He was a combat engineer, trained to work with land mines, plastic explosives, rifles and machine guns. ‘We sold them out’: Washington state author and veteran fears for Afghan friends’ lives amid Taliban takeover 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Remote work also defused some of the land mines that used to surround office romance, allowing more relationships to blossom. Co-workers are still hooking up, office or not 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Some of the flare-ups were quickly resolved, but they still highlighted how the path to passage for new public-works spending continues to be littered with political land mines and opportunities for misunderstanding and conflict. Democrats, Republicans race to prep $1 trillion infrastructure bill after dispute briefly snags vote 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Now, eight months after Azerbaijan regained those territories, the government is still not letting them return, citing land mines. In Nagorno-Karabakh, Land Mines, Bulldozers and Lingering Tensions 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z And just like land mines, chemical weapons and nuclear bombs, not every country needs to sign a treaty for the world to recognize using such weapons goes too far, Wareham said. U.S. says humans will always be in control of AI weapons. But the age of autonomous war is already here. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z In 2019, more than 5,500 people were killed or injured by land mines and explosive remnants of war, and 80 percent of them were civilians, according to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. How Glowing Bacteria in the Dirt May One Day Save Lives 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Its field teams clear land mines, dispose of unexploded ordnance found in bombs and bullets, and build facilities to store guns and other weapons safely. Attack in Afghanistan Kills 10 From Charity That Clears Land Mines 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Afghanistan is one of several countries where large swaths of land are littered with bombs and land mines. World Digest: June 9, 2021 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Afghanistan is one of several countries where large swathes of its territory are littered with bombs and land mines. Official: 10 HALO Trust staff killed northern Afghanistan 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Large swaths of war-ravaged Afghanistan are littered with bombs and land mines. World Digest: June 6, 2021 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Estimates vary for the worldwide count of buried land mines, but they are as high as 110 million. How Glowing Bacteria in the Dirt May One Day Save Lives 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z African giant pouched rats like Magawa are used to identify land mines and unexploded ordnance because they’re light enough to avoid triggering them. Cambodia’s hero rat, Magawa, is retiring after sniffing out land mines for five years 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z More than 60 million people in 59 countries continue to be threatened by land mines and unexploded ordinance. Mine-sniffing rat Magawa ends years of hard work in Cambodia 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Indeed, under this definition a land mine is a killer robot, as it, too, autonomously targets combatants in war without human oversight. Have autonomous robots started killing in war? The reality is messier than it appears 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Still, the rookie head coach will need to navigate through a potential land mine of internal conflicts that threaten to blow up the Storm’s bid for a second consecutive title. Noelle Quinn knows the history, and the honor, to be a Black female head coach taking over the Storm 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z The idea of rewiring bacteria to sense land mines originated with Robert Burlage, then at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. How Glowing Bacteria in the Dirt May One Day Save Lives 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z According to APOPO, which also works to remove land mines in Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, most mines require roughly 11 pounds of pressure to be activated. Cambodia’s hero rat, Magawa, is retiring after sniffing out land mines for five years 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z “If you’re fighting the government, put the land mines in the roads. But why do this? Why are civilians involved?” As U.S. quits Afghanistan, a fight for Kandahar looms. Not all want the government to win 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z She says the danger, particularly for the youngest children, is that "the trauma goes underground, it sits like land mines under the surface". Children speak of sickness and neglect in US asylum camps 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z A pomegranate farmer in Kandahar wonders if his orchards will ever be clear of Taliban land mines. Afghans Wonder ‘What About Us?’ as U.S. Troops Prepare to Withdraw 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Looking for a new application for this technique, he got the idea to try targeting land mine chemicals. How Glowing Bacteria in the Dirt May One Day Save Lives 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z She remembers her grandfather throwing rocks into fields to check for land mines. Their Lawsuit Prevented 400,000 Deportations. Now It’s Biden’s Call. 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The Pentagon said this week it will keep in place a Trump-era policy allowing the use of certain anti-personnel land mines that were restricted under former President Barack Obama while it conducts a review. UN chief warns that use of IEDs is increasing globally 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z “This land mine policy starkly sets the U.S. apart from its allies. It is in direct opposition with President Biden’s aspirations to be a global human rights leader.” Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Older types of antipersonnel land mines can remain deadly for many decades and are banned by 164 countries. Biden Keeps Trump’s Policy Retaining Land Mines in U.S. Arsenal, for Now 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z But there are still strong forces at work that create land mines and confinements. Opinion | The royal family saga is a mirror of America 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Six men described how they were injured by land mines or gunfire when soldiers forced them to risk their lives. ‘It’s Better to Walk Through a Minefield’: Victims of Myanmar’s Army Speak 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z If they do, they will receive non-prison sentences, which could include up to eight years digging up old land mines or tracking down bodies. Colombia Seeks Justice for War Atrocities Via New Court 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The Pentagon is keeping for now a Trump administration policy that loosened restrictions on the use of land mines by the U.S. military, as the Biden administration weighs whether to re-impose tougher rules. Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Anti-tank land mines, which contain larger explosive charges and are devised to disable or destroy armored vehicles, are not banned under international law. Biden Keeps Trump’s Policy Retaining Land Mines in U.S. Arsenal, for Now 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and has a secret love affair with a Pakistani heart surgeon. Movies on TV this week: 'Lust for Life'; 'Platoon' and more 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z One stepped on a land mine and was blown to pieces. ‘It’s Better to Walk Through a Minefield’: Victims of Myanmar’s Army Speak 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z No group immediately claimed responsibility for laying the land mine. Pregnant woman, five others killed as ambulance hits land mine in Burkina Faso 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Some military analysts are urging the new administration to hold off, saying that despite their critics, land mines can still play a critical role in modern combat and save American lives. Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z In 1997, a treaty to ban antipersonnel land mines was opened for signature in Ottawa, Ontario, and went into effect in March 1999. Biden Keeps Trump’s Policy Retaining Land Mines in U.S. Arsenal, for Now 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z In time, the inventory came to include at least 14 fighter jets, surface-to-air missile systems mounted on truck beds, grenade launchers, sniper rifles and land mines. Libya risks losing control of its destiny as planeloads of fighters and arms flood the country “It is very clear that they used us as human land mine detectors.” ‘It’s Better to Walk Through a Minefield’: Victims of Myanmar’s Army Speak 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Troops tracked him for three hours on Tuesday as he made his way through the zone, which is filled with land mines and surrounded by barbed wire. North Korean man caught by South after crossing border 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z “When we complete that analysis of that decision, then we’ll be able to have a better idea of whether or not further review of our land mine policy is warranted.” Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Often referred to as the Ottawa Convention, it prevents party nations from using or developing land mines meant to harm people, and commits those countries to destroying their existing stockpiles. Biden Keeps Trump’s Policy Retaining Land Mines in U.S. Arsenal, for Now 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z And in a minor flub during the same interview Ms. Harris promoted the clearing of “abandoned land mines” in West Virginia — not “abandoned mine lands” — as a job creation effort in the state. Biden Wants Harris to Have a Major Role. What It Is Hasn’t Been Defined. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Medical experts said the discussion of prioritization is filled with ethical land mines. Ethical land mines, 'Sophie's Choice' moments as California decides who gets COVID-19 vaccine next 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Civilians are also maimed and killed every month by land mines, which are actively used by the military and several armed groups. Amid coup, uncertainty over Myanmar’s fragile peace process 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Pentagon officials insist their land mines have self-destruct and self-deactivate features that allow them to protect American troops from the enemy while reducing the danger to innocent civilians over the long term. Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z But his answer was emphatic when asked whether the United States and other countries that had not signed the treaty banning land mines should do so. Biden Keeps Trump’s Policy Retaining Land Mines in U.S. Arsenal, for Now 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Harris also misspoke on some details in her West Virginia interview, referring to “abandoned land mines” instead of “abandoned mine lands” in coal country. Interview flap shows challenges as Harris settles in as VP 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z “He wants to plant land mines and set up obstacles to dialogue with the next U.S. administration.” China blasts Pompeo over accusation of genocide in Xinjiang 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z For instance, treaties to ban land mines and cluster munitions have successfully ended their use by the countries that have ratified them. America's overlooked crime: Will Joe Biden end the U.S. global war on children? 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Kirby’s remarks at a briefing Tuesday came after another Pentagon spokesman had strongly defended the use of anti-personnel land mines, drawing complaints from human rights groups. Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z In a reference to Renzi, he said it was difficult to govern with “people who continuously place land mines in our path.” Italy’s Conte survives no-confidence vote to stave off government collapse 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Pompeo will not have to deal with its effects: He is explicitly leaving a land mine for the Biden administration, which does not share his zeal to indulge the Saudis. Opinion | The ugly booby traps Pompeo is setting for Biden 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Today, that vision has helped clear 1,500 acres of land of unexploded bombs and land mines; it also has built schools, libraries, homes and community centers, and helped farmers return to once-fertile lands. Seattle-based PeaceTrees Vietnam removes deadly unexploded bombs and plants healing instead 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Even to this day, a child or a farmer will find a bomb or land mine, with potentially horrible results. Bearing witness to the life-changing, community-building work of 25-year-old PeaceTrees Vietnam 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z The United States is notably not a signatory to the Ottawa Convention, a 1997 treaty that bars countries from using or developing anti-personnel land mines. Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z For all the celebratory language, climate change will likely remain a partisan land mine. Climate Change Legislation Included in Coronavirus Relief Deal 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z “I think Trump is trying to seed the landscape with land mines,” said Chris Whipple, author of “The Spymasters,” a book about the CIA. ‘A real mess’: Trump is leaving behind crises and undermining Biden before he takes office 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z They mistake cluster bombs for toys or balls, and 1 out of 5 land mine victims is a child. Seattle-based PeaceTrees Vietnam removes deadly unexploded bombs and plants healing instead 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z One apparent land mine for Biden was removed late last month when Wilton Gregory, D.C.'s archbishop and a newly minted cardinal, said he would not deny Biden Communion. Biden could redefine what it means to be ‘a Catholic in good standing.’ Catholics are divided on whether that is a good thing. 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Switzerland bans the production and sale of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons as well as land mines and cluster munitions. Swiss to vote on banning the funding of weapons makers 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z It said that the animals’ droppings were like “land mines” on China’s streets. A Chinese County Aims to Curb Dog Walking by Threatening to Kill the Dog 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z “Our commitment to ridding the world of fatal land mines does not end with our territories being mine free.’’ said Wendy Morton, the U.K. minister responsible for the Falklands. Falklands to be landmine free nearly 40 years after war 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Across Vietnam, there have been some 100,000 casualties, including 40,000 deaths from people stepping on land mines or setting off UXO as they farm, build new homes, dig in their gardens — even play. Seattle-based PeaceTrees Vietnam removes deadly unexploded bombs and plants healing instead 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Along the border with Israel, fires were reported by Lebanon’s state news agency in several villages, some of them triggering explosions of land mines placed along the heavily-guarded front. Mideast wildfires kill 2, force thousands to flee homes 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z A vehicle next to his was destroyed by a land mine, killing two fellow Marines. Stephen Barnes, Partner in Law Firm With Cellino, Dies at 61 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z In August, a soldier in the secretive force of Tibetan refugees working for the Indian Army was killed by a land mine. In Wake of Recent India-China Conflict, U.S. Sees Opportunity 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z The medal awarded on Friday lauded the “lifesaving bravery and devotion to duty” for work detecting land mines in Cambodia. Rat That Sniffs Out Land Mines Receives Award for Bravery 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z The unexploded bombs, grenades, land mines and mortars have kept killing in the 45-plus years since the war ended. Seattle-based PeaceTrees Vietnam removes deadly unexploded bombs and plants healing instead 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Slovenia’s president spoke of eliminating land mines, legacies of bygone wars that still maim and kill. The other issues: Pandemic focus at UN pushes out key topics 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Such a strategy was used by advocates of the treaties that banned chemical and biological weapons, land mines and cluster bombs. Former World Leaders Urge Ratification of Nuclear Arms Ban Treaty 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z In August, a soldier belonging to a secretive force of Tibetan refugees who work with the Indian army died after he stepped on a land mine along the frontier. China and India Pledge to Ease Tensions After Border Clashes 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Human rights groups and the United States military accuse Russian mercenaries of planting land mines and booby-traps as they retreated from the Tripoli suburbs in June. Waves of Russian and Emirati Flights Fuel Libyan War, U.N. Finds 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z In the interview, Madsen also seems to distance himself from what happened, saying “she pushed some buttons” when interviewing him, and “by doing that she touched a land mine,” which exploded. Documentary on Denmark submarine killing airs 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z In the interview, Madsen also seems to distance himself from what happened, saying “she pushed some buttons” when interviewing him, and “by doing that she touched a land mine,” which exploded. Documentary on Denmark submarine killing airs 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z In August, a soldier belonging to a secretive force of Tibetan refugees who work with the Indian army died after he stepped on a land mine. Shots Fired Along India-China Border for First Time in Years 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z SRINAGAR, Kashmir — India banned more Chinese phone apps on Wednesday as tensions continue to escalate along its disputed border with China, with one Indian soldier reportedly killed earlier this week by a Chinese land mine. India Bans 118 Chinese Apps as Indian Soldier Is Killed on Disputed Border 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Still, there are potential land mines, not least Northern Ireland. U.K. Officials’ New Trump Dilemma: What if He Loses? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z It is the world’s most fortified frontier, with land mines and armed soldiers. North Korea locks down border city as first possible coronavirus case is announced 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z In Baidoa, the capital of the southwestern Bay region, a land mine detonated near a restaurant on the outskirts of the city, killing five people and wounding 10 others, government officials said. Attacks in Somalia Leave at Least 5 Dead 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Bombers attack 2 Somali cities, al-Shabab suspected: A suicide car bomber detonated explosives near the port in Mogadishu and a land mine in a restaurant on the outskirts of Baidoa killed four people, officials said. World Digest: July 4, 2020 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z After two South Korean soldiers were injured by land mines in 2015, the South accused the North of planting the devices near the soldiers’ front line guard post. For North Korea, Blowing Hot and Cold Is Part of the Strategy 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Under those agreements, both Koreas halted live-firing exercises, removed some land mines and destroyed guard posts inside the world’s most heavily armed border. North Korea: Redeploying troops, resuming military exercises at inter-Korean cooperation sites 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z These previously mundane activities now represented land mines. Markazi: Fight night in Vegas was different experience in COVID-19 era 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z North Korea earlier suspended communication lines with South Korea and threatened to nullify 2018 agreements that led the Koreas to halt firing exercises, remove some land mines and tear down guard posts in front-line areas. S Korea urges North to uphold deals amid rising animosities 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z A January report by the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority said there were 77 casualties from land mines and other unexploded ordnance last year, including 12 fatalities. Cambodian man kept live land mines as yard decorations 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z But many traditions — such as speeches from high-achieving students — are now land mines to be carefully navigated. Greater Seattle-area high schools and families find creative ways to celebrate their 2020 graduates amid coronavirus 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z But a three-inch-wide strip of the turf going from one sideline to the other contains hidden land mines, and if you step there, you will die or be maimed. With or Without the Say of Players, College Football Moves Toward a Return 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Despite its name, the zone contains barbed-wire fences, land mines and combat-ready troops, making it one of the most one of the most heavily guarded frontiers in the world. North and South Korea exchange fire over heavily guarded border 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z A 2015 land mine blast that maimed two South Korean soldiers still pushed the Koreas to the brink of an armed conflict. North, South Korea exchange gunfire after Kim Jong-un reemerges 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z An estimated 4 million to 6 million uncleared land mines and other pieces of unexploded ordnance remain in Cambodia. Cambodian man kept live land mines as yard decorations 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Berlin Hebert Jr., a 74-year-old cat lover who lost his leg to a land mine in Vietnam, hung on until April 3. In rural Louisiana, ‘a serial killer on the street that we cannot see’ 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z “They’re indiscriminate and unintentionally harm civilians. We’re also very against land mines, which don’t get picked up when war is over.” How to Invest in the Military-Industrial Complex 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z She’s dodged bullets and land mines and endured beatings and starvation. 'It’s just too much': Asian Americans confront xenophobia, economic devastation and the coronavirus 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Then again, this is not the first time Fauci has found himself in the position of having to navigate a public health crisis fraught with political land mines. Opinion | Anthony Fauci fights outbreaks with the sledgehammer of truth 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z So that’s how we get Elena in a cocktail dress standing on a remote airstrip in Nicaragua with cases of guns, bullets and land mines. Review: ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ is alarmingly unthrilling 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z In 1997, more than 120 countries signed the Ottawa Convention banning antipersonnel land mines that explode indiscriminately. 160 Nations Ban These Weapons. The U.S. Now Embraces Them. 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The article omitted a significant fact from the report that may be of interest to readers: Of the 71 percent of casualties from land mines who are civilians, more than half are children. Opinion | Land mines are killing children 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The Bush-era policy allowed the use only of land mines that deactivate or self-destruct when programmed to do so by a human being. Trump administration reverses Obama-era restrictions on land mines 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The US is not a signatory to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, which restricts the development or use of anti-personnel land mines. Trump lifts restrictions on US landmine use 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “Reports that the White House intends to roll back the policy on anti-personnel land mines are of great concern,” Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, said in a statement. Trump Administration Expected to Loosen Military’s Limits on Land Mines 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z American forces last used land mines and cluster munitions in large quantities during the 1991 Gulf war, and cleanup efforts in Kuwait and Iraq to find and destroy unexploded ordnance of both types continue today. 160 Nations Ban These Weapons. The U.S. Now Embraces Them. 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z There is no way to protect children from these devices, whether the land mines eventually self-destruct or not. Opinion | Land mines are killing children 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z In its statement, Physicians for Human Rights added that despite purported technological advancements, land mines remained capable of causing indiscriminate harm and egregious injury and suffering. Trump administration reverses Obama-era restrictions on land mines 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Haidari, 25, lost both legs to a land mine five years ago, when he was in the Afghan Army. After Losing His Legs to a Bomb, Afghan Veteran Is on a New Journey 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Former battlefields, the slopes still contain land mines from the Balkan wars. Europe’s Migration Crisis Has Ebbed. Croatia Wants to Keep It That Way. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The bespoke detector - modified from the technology used to locate land mines - was designed to sense the iron down to a depth of a few tens of centimetres. UK meteorite hunt thwarted by equipment damage 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Our rehabilitation and prosthetics specialists work with child victims of land mines every single day. Opinion | Land mines are killing children 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z In a news release regarding the decision, the Pentagon said the restriction on land mine use created a “critical capability gap” between the United States and potential adversaries. Trump administration reverses Obama-era restrictions on land mines 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z But even after five years, Mr. Haidari remained haunted by the memories of the morning when he led his squad on a patrol in Helmand Province, in southern Afghanistan, where the land mine awaited. After Losing His Legs to a Bomb, Afghan Veteran Is on a New Journey 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Officials in Saudi Arabia called the app “un-Islamic,” and those in Bosnia warned players to avoid looking for the creatures near land mines left over from the 1990s. Pika-Who? 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