US Out of Step on Cluster Bomb Ban

A report "Banning Cluster Munitions:  Government Policy and Practice" released jointly by Human Rights Watch, Landmine Action and Landmine Monitor points out that 96 signatories to the Convention on...

Lost the legs while helping his parents

It took just one wrong step - and Chan Theth (14) was yet another person on the long list of mine victims in Cambodia. This article has been contributed by Cambodia TalesThis is the story of a young boy who wanted...

Rats!

Many of us have an aversion to rats while they are revered in some cultures.  Now even those who are sworn enemy of these rodents have to modify our stance.  The African pouched rat is currently being...

Watch List on Children and Armed Conflict - Sri Lanka report

April 14, 2008, New York- There is virtually no safety for children in Sri Lanka as the brutal armed conflict there escalates. Every day the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), the Government armed forces, and...

Landmine removal jeopardized by decreasing funding, new report says

In a new report, the The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) says that while 2005 saw a strong effort to clean up mined areas, funding for these efforts is dropping."The European Commission, United States and eight other major donors decreased their support for...

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