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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: IRIN The Niger army says it has seized a stockpile of more than 1,000 anti-personnel landmines it found abandoned on the Niger-Chad border. If confirmed as anti-personnel mines, this would be the first time such a large quantity of these outlawed mines, intended to maim and kill individuals rather than...
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Aug 29, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters TBILISI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Georgia's main east-west railway was reopened overnight following a fuel train explosion on the line west of the central town of Gori, Georgian Railways said on Monday. ...
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Aug 25, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters (Adds prime minister) By Margarita Antidze GORI, Georgia, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A fuel train exploded on Sunday on Georgia's main east-west rail line and police said it appeared to have hit a ...
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Aug 24, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters GORI, Georgia, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard west of the Georgian town of Gori on Sunday, a Reuters correspondent reported, and police said it appeared a train carrying fuel had hit a ...
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Aug 24, 2008
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Source: Reuters TYRE, Lebanon, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Many of the 44 teams clearing cluster munitions scattered by Israel in south Lebanon during its 2006 war with Hezbollah will have to stop work this month for lack of ...
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Aug 22, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters TBILISI, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A leading human rights group urged Russia on Thursday urgently to clear unexploded Russian bombs it said were littering some areas of the Georgian countryside and ...
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Aug 21, 2008
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Source: Human Rights Watch (Tbilisi, August 21, 2008) – Georgian and Russian authorities should take urgent measures to protect the civilian population in Georgian villages from unexploded ordnance left by Russian attacks, ...
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Aug 21, 2008
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Source: Human Rights Watch (Tbilisi, August 15, 2008) – Human Rights Watch researchers have uncovered evidence that Russian aircraft dropped cluster bombs in populated areas in Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians and ...
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Aug 15, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters TBILISI, Aug 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. human rights group on Friday accused Russia of dropping cluster bombs in populated areas of Georgia during its military offensive that began last week, but Moscow ...
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Aug 15, 2008
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