9 days ago by Steve Hyde

Day three of motorcycle trip with my son, Paul. Location: Preah Vihear City to Koh Ker and back. Distance Traveled: 200 kilometers (6 hours driving) Father and Son in the Jungle After traveling for 10-12 hours per day, we were tired and so much looking forward to a shorter travel to the Koh Ker temp ...

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13 days ago by The Associated Press

The Associated Press The Associated Press JERUSALEM Israel's defense ministry says it will soon begin clearing thousands of mines in southern Israel. In a statement Sunday, defense official Ervin Lavi says the ministry will clear 60 acres of land near the Dead Sea in March. Lavi says the ministry ev ...

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21 days ago by The Associated Press

The Associated Press The Associated Press PATNA, India Suspected Maoist rebels triggered a powerful land mine Saturday that killed 13 policemen in eastern India, a top police official said. At least two other policemen were injured in the explosion that blew up their minibus in Jharkhand state, poli ...

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39 days ago by Erica

The most recent issue of National Geographic Magazine has a fascinating article about one element of the Khmer Rouge's legacy that we haven't yet talked about: the huge number of land mines that remain buried throughout the countryside. The article estimates that 250 square miles (that is, about 650 ...

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54 days ago by The Associated Press

The Associated Press The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya A Kenyan police officer says a land mine has killed a policeman and critically wounded two others in northern Kenya. Northeastern Provincial Police Chief Leo Nyongesa says Monday's incident happened in Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp. ...

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67 days ago by Tim

HEINUS – NEW YORK The TSA announced it discovered and confiscated hand grenades from an air traveler at Newark Airport who was bound for Belgium. The elderly woman was found with five grenades in her bags. In a similar case in Salt Lake City last October, a passenger was detained for having four lan ...

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68 days ago by Gregory J. Chamberlain

The Vietnam War, which the world learned was started based on lies and launched over fabrications such as the Gulf of Tonkin incident, is still killing people decades after relations with Vietnam have normalized. Fortunately, Vietnam is a U.S. ally and trading partner, however, munitions which were ...

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89 days ago by blogger01

One way to figure out where unexploded land mines lie buried—-create a database that logs the location of unexploded mine “incidents”: LINK NOTE: Yes, “incident” involves some poor unfortunate’s loss of one or both legs—and that unfortunate is too often a child…

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96 days ago by progamerz

Press the UP/DOWN buttons to select the speed of the bike. The speed of the bike should be such that the bike lands on the landing pad, and win a score point. After selecting the required speed, press the “start the race” button. The player has five lives. If the bike lands on a landmine the health ...

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98 days ago by Elisheba

photo credit: ohinternet.com Since I like to write, the value of a well chosen word or phrase is not lost on me. But lately I have noticed some common phrases that once sounded fresh and interesting have become tired and annoying from overuse. Therefore before the year 2011 comes to an end I am offi ...

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