Ethiopia committed to eradicating landmines
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Ethiopia, one of the world&#39;s most mine-infested countries, says it has joined a global landmine ban as more than 100 nations met to rejuvenate the campaign to eradicate the weapons and aid victims worldwide.
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Members of a global landmine convention meet in the Kenyan capital to assess progress against the deadly weapons.
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President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, below, said he plans to take control of the nationâs diamond mines in response to allegations of smuggling and a diamond rush in the eastern district of Marange. Zimbabwe has two diamond mines, one known as Murowa, owned by Rio Tinto and RioZim, and the other as River Ranch, which is held by private investors. âOnly government will mine diamonds,â Mr. Mugabe said in a televised interview on Tuesday. It is unclear whether Mr. Mugabeâs pronouncement will be made law, said David Murangari, chief executive of the Chamber of Mines, a business association that represents most mining companies in the country. Andrew Cranswick, chief executive of African Consolidated Resources, criticized the measure. âIf the state takeover of diamond mines is passed into law, it will destroy diamond exploration in this country,â he said.
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Belarus and a number of other countries have suggested drafting a convention to ban anti-vehicle mines.
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Senior officials of 143 governments are calling for the total ban of production and use of anti-personnel landmine. Senior government officials of 143 countries across the world
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Ethiopia's parliament voted on Thursday to let the government take "all necessary" steps to rebuff any invasion by Somalia's Islamists amid reports Ethiopian troops on Somali soil had died in a land mine blast.
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The Australian Government says it will try to encourage some of its northern neighbours to sign up to the Ottawa convention banning landmines.
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DELEGATES from more than 140 countries gathered yesterday seeking to eliminate and ban landmines that kill or maim up to 20,000 people a year worldwide.
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More ground was cleared of landmines in 2005 than ever before, says a group monitoring use of the weapons.
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ADDIS ABABA : Ethiopia accepts the outline of its frontiers with Eritrea as set by a joint commission after their 1998-2000 border war, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday he had accepted a 2002-border ruling with the country&#39;s arch-foe Eritrea, but insisted on new talks on how to implement it.
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The world will have to wait until 2010 before the United States of America bans the use of anti-personnel landmines. This is the message the military superpower sent to the delegates attending the first review
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A record area was cleared of landmines   worldwide last year, but casualties caused by the weapons rose   by 11 percent to 7,328, with almost all the victims civilians,   many of them children, a report said on Wednesday.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi visits Somalia for the first since his troops helped oust Islamists.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - The first five-year review of the international treaty to ban land mines begins considering governmentsâ compliance with the pact on Monday, and starts work on a five-year action plan.
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BOGOTA -- Colombia's armed forces blew up 6,800 stockpiled land mines yesterday as President Alvaro Uribe, Queen Noor of Jordan, and dozens of mine blast victims watched on large screens, launching an effort aimed at ridding the country of the weapons.
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A record area was cleared of landmines   last year, but casualties caused by the weapons rose by 11   percent to 7,328, with many of the victims children, a report   said on Wednesday.