Word: land
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OTTAWA: No need to pity land-mine manufacturers. Even though 125 countries have now signed a treaty banning the anti-personnel weapons, the makers won?t go out of business. There's their old standby the United States, which is refusing to sign up until it is given a special exclusion to plant mines in the Korean DMZ. Not to mention Russia, China, Iraq, Iran and Egypt, who all balked at this landmark treaty...
...Plus business is picking up in Angola, the world?s per capita leader in active land mines (more than 9 million) and land mine victims (around 90,000). According to a U.N. report Thursday, rebel forces are actually re-planting mines along major highways previously cleared of the weapons ? the three-year old peace accord notwithstanding...
...Land-Mine Landmark An international treaty banning land mines was inked in Canada yesterday by 125 countries. Guess who didn?t sign...
...Land of the Free Even after Beijing?s takeover, Hong Kong is rated the freest economy on Earth. The Chinese mainland itself is ranked Number 120. Where...
...There needs to be a compromise on the management side, so that all the other campaign finance investigations (still the work of 120 government lawyers and agents) can continue. If there's a new land mine, there'll be a new probe and a new 90 days." And a new set of the same old conflicts...