New plea for global landmine ban
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki opens a landmine conference with an appeal for more countries to sign up to a ban.
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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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Excerpt from report by Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website  A committee has been set up in [northwestern] Kyrgyzstan's Talas Region to protect the rights of detained participants in the protest campaign against the development of the Dzheruy gold mine.
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Diplomats from countries that have signed a treaty banning land-mine use, production, stockpiling, and transfer are assessing the accord&#39;s impact at a conference in Nairobi.
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A diamond industry watchdog calls for stricter controls on gemstone exports from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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NAIROBI  - Some 144 countries party to an international treaty banning landmines appealed to those still outside the pact, which include the United States, China and Russia, to join it and hasten the total eradication of the deadly devices.
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The 1997 ban on landmines has succeeded beyond hopes, but states must follow through with their obligations to clear landmines and assist victims, campaigners said on the treaty's 10th anniversary on Tuesday.
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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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African people affected by landmines are anxiously waiting for a determined common African action on landmines, an African Union (AU) official told the opening session of a four-day conference on landmines.
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UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon issues a warning to the world.
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Belarus and a number of other countries have suggested drafting a convention to ban anti-vehicle mines, Interfax-West news agency said Thursday.
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Gold Fields Ltd.&#39;s appeal to South Africa&#39;s stock market regulator to block Harmony Gold Mining Co.&#39;s 43.9 billion rand ($7.
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A LEADING charity today called on the Scottish Executive to act after it emerged Scotlandâs appetite for coal, gas and oil is damaging the worldâs most precious wildlife.
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Science & environment: Scientists look for uses for highly toxic material amid fears huge stockpiles may become terrorist targets
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Science & environment: . 'Ignorance, need and greed' depleting soil . Experts warn competition will lead to conflict.
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The Bush administration is banning land mines that cannot be located with metal detectors, a move designed to set an example to other nations and to protect mine hunters.
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Swiss pacifists are demanding an end to arms exports and today released a flight of doves outside parliament in the capital, Berne, to draw attention to a call for a ban on arms exports. The action coincided with the handing-in of signatures for a people's initiative which will give the Swiss voters the final say on the issue.  The backers of the initiative chose World Peace Day to hand in 109,000 signatures they collected, and celebrated with a flag-waving rally on Parliament Square. "Swiss weapons kill - worldwide" the authors of the initiative say. They want to outlaw the export and transfer of all military material, including technology that can be used for the development, production and use of weapons.