Angelina Jolie Talks Louis Vuitton Core Values Ad Campaign

Making her return to the west coast, Angelina Jolie was spotted arriving on a flight at LAX International Airport yesterday (July 13). The "Changeling" mommy was joined by her daughters Zahara and Shiloh, who were both carrying teddy bears as they left the terminal. In a...

Landmine Removal Frees Land for Agriculture

] UNMAO's Mark Argent and I at mine removal site outside of Juba near E. Rejaf. Notice the MineWolf in upper left of photo. (March 2009) [Montréal, Québec, Canada -2°C] In a previous post from Juba, Southern Sudan, I wrote about a UNICEF managed and...

Order Fries, Get Ketchup, Ban Landmines

" Shown in photos above and below, a ketchup packet designed by the advertising agency Publicis Mojo for the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines is clever, though I doubt it will end the use of landmines. What’s next? I fully expect the concept to be adopted soon by...

Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency

" A MUST READ report. Reporting by Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat, With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta. Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington An...

Taliban threaten Kandahar City" Hundreds Flee!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLast week's prison escape in Kandahar by Taliban forces it is said are regrouping for a major attack to get their stronghold back, a stronghold held by Canadian Troops...

Young & Rubicam Creates Chilling, Effective Radio Spot to Support Landmine Vi...

Young & Rubicam, one of the world's leading marketing and communications agencies, has created a chilling, new radio spot to support Clear Path International's work with landmine survivors in Vietnam,...

Burma: “Is This Genocide and Why isn’t the World Doing Something About it...

Take a look at what’s going on in Burma today. Check out this first hand report that summarizes the last year of attacks by the Burma military regime against the various ethnic people of Burma....

Landmines

"Canada opposes Pakistan's plan to landmine its border with Afghanistan, well we should since landmines have caused more deaths and injuries to our troops in Afganistan than the Taliban have."

CPI Vietnam: 88 New Victims of Bombs, Landmines and other Munitions in 2006

More than three decades since the end of the war in Vietnam, accidents from landmines and unexploded bombs still injure and kill innocent civilians at an alarming rate.  As 2006 draws to a close, Clear Path...

Turning Frisbees into Landmines

To help raise awareness of the landmine crisis worldwide, and the work of Clear Path International, Rapp Collins of Singapore created frisbees that look like landmines and volunteers are tossing them around the city.

Report from the Thailand - Myanmar Border

For the residents of Care Villa a normal day consists of waking up early, of struggling to get dressed, of being fed, of needing help at the toilet, of finding the way on the touch, of asking a friend to scratch...

Microsoft Turns Landmines into Flowers

Looks like the landmine movement will soon reach the desktop. Microsoft is changing the game MINESWEEPER to placate those who thought the game was insensitive to landmine plagued communities worldwide. With the...

Numbers Posted on Injuries & Deaths in Vietnam From War Era Ordnance since J...

Since January 1, 2006, Clear Path International has responded to incidents involving 73 different victims ranging in severity from minor injury to death. Ages of victims over this period were as low as four years...

One of These Blunders Could Cost You a Fortune in 2006...

"In fact, any number of investing blunders can ruin your year in 2006. That's why I keep a running list of these potentially fatal landmines taped to my computer monitor at all times -- to make certain my Inside Value subscribers are advised. At last count, there were 10 of...

And Then There's The Coup...

Clear Path International volunteer Lobke Dijkstra  blogs about the changes for foreigners in Thailand and how they will affect how volunteers can work along the Thailand - Myanmar border... a place that...

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