| There is still the unnerving scenery of headless trees, roofless homes, abandoned tankers and large looming landmine warnings. |
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| A team of experts will travel in May to clear landmines in Cambodia, one of the worst landmine contaminated areas in the world. |
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| She was still waiting for the muscles in her shoulders to unknot from the landmine scare. |
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| The victims were riding in a tractor and trailer which drove over a landmine. |
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| It can be placed either on the ground next to the munitions or directed at the landmine mounted on a simple wire frame. |
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| Some of the area has been demined, but you don't run off certain places in case there is a landmine. |
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| What better spokesperson for landmine awareness than a foxy mama with shapely gams? |
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| The archeological team had to be very careful in unearthing the ruins in case a landmine was buried under the surface. |
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| They hit a landmine, and after the explosion, insurgents came at them with small arms fire. |
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| The Vulcan works by firing a projectile at high speed into a landmine, ripping it apart without detonating the explosives. |
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| Part one of the hour-long programme was soft focus and hagiographical, focusing on her limb-loss and subsequent work for landmine charities. |
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| In 1998 two foresters were killed by a landmine intended for the park director. |
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| I couldn't quite hear him because I stepped on a landmine and the explosion has made me deaf. |
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| It stirs up so many emotions which are still buried just beneath the surface, rather like the landmine that took my foot. |
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| Officials say one of the Marines apparently stepped on a huge landmine made of old artillery shells. |
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| In Cambodia, the lights of an operating theatre illuminate a body that has been ravaged by a landmine. |
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| Education also teaches key life skills, such as landmine awareness, protection from HIV and AIDS and other diseases. |
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| One of our priorities continues to be the improvement of assistance to landmine victims. |
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| She has just stepped on a landmine and she is clinging to life. |
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| In Jharkhand, in the east, Maoist guerrillas killed 26 policemen with a landmine explosion on the same day. |
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| Moments later, he activated a landmine, resulting in his death, leaving those color images as his final photographs. |
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| One of the biggest challenges facing landmine survivors was convincing others that they were more than just poster children. |
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| Many thousands of children in developing countries have had their legs and arms traumatically amputated as a result of landmine explosions. |
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| An American soldier in the Vietnam War was about to step on an anti-personnel landmine that was hidden from his sight. |
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| The incident occurred in January 2008, when Bakhit, 7, was playing with his friends and happened upon an unexploded landmine. |
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| Separate from combat operations, our troops in Afghanistan remain at the forefront of landmine removal. |
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| Wounded soldiers were told that their pay would be docked because they had either stepped on a landmine, were shot or were wounded in battle. |
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| Volunteers work closely with the landmine survivors and their motivation and involvement grow with each day spent on the program. |
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| But now it was time for landmine survivors to start speaking on their own behalf. |
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| I have just one comment to make because a question was asked about Greece and the anti-personnel landmine convention. |
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| As in many mine affected countries, Mauritanian landmine victims tend to most often affect the most vulnerable. |
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| Indeed, it is easy to forget that there is a face and a name behind each landmine casualty. |
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| The course aimed at providing knowledge to civil servants newly involved in landmine issues. |
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| Chayefsky first set words down on paper after convalescing from injuries suffered from an exploding landmine. |
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| A decorated veteran, Kent sustained major injuries when he stepped on a landmine during his tour of duty in Vietnam. |
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| This landmine ban came into force in 1999, and more than 150 states have now ratified or acceded to the Ottawa Treaty. |
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| The mere rumour of a landmine can render a community's fields unusable. |
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| Near this spot my friend Kaveh was cut to pieces and killed by a landmine. |
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| The Doctor's harrowing account of the orthopaedic centres for polio and landmine victims was punctuated with the earthy humour of the people he deals with. |
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| Emboldened by the rapid progress of the landmine issue and rise of the post-modern agenda, the shift to small and light arms in general and rifles in particular seemed obvious and essential. |
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| For several years, the personal stories presented by landmine survivors have had a significant impact in reminding experts, diplomats and decision-makers of the human faces behind issues being discussed. |
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| The European Commission is strongly supportive of the 1997 Ottawa Landmine Convention, and recognises the need to reduce the anti-personnel landmine threat. |
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| Economic inclusion is important to guarantee the independence of landmine survivors, but also to help them maintain their place as productive members of the community. |
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| The mechanism of landmine detection is to ensonify the ground with an acoustic source and measure the intensity of the returning sound waves. |
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| The Current Situation: The Council and the European Parliament have stressed the need for additional efforts and resources to tackle the landmine problem. |
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| Elsewhere in Uruzgan, two sheperds were killed in a blast in Chora district, Himmat said, blaming the insurgents for planting the landmine. |
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| After the successful realization of a convention banning anti-personnel mines, there is a need to help landmine survivors participate in the ongoing debates related to landmines. |
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| In July 1997, Ken Rutherford and I were invited to Kensington Palace to brief Princess Diana on LSNs mission to survey the rehabilitative needs of Bosnias landmine disabled. |
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| Inevitably, no matter how good of a deactivator the leader is, he or she will step on a landmine at some point. |
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| Due to security constraints and difficulties of access, landmine incidents are not systematically reported and statistics are rarely disaggregated by age. |
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| A couple of years later, at an honorary memorial service in the United States, the soldier whose life had been saved from the landmine had a chance to meet the family of his deceased friend. |
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| The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit. |
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| Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine. |
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| These funds will be directed through a new mine action strategy focusing on assisting mine-affected countries in our region and supporting landmine survivors and affected communities. |
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| Puangsuwan said the militants had not used a single landmine since. |
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| Then she travelled to places where there were landmine victims, she went to her first war zone, to places where you see people in real need, she said. |
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| A landmine operator can only clear 35 sq m per day, using a prodder. |
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