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World's smallest deminers to start work in Cambodia
In Cambodia, the first group of rats is training to help their human counterparts clear land still contaminated with mines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) after decades of war.It might seem odd to use rats as deminers, but Apopo, an organization that trains Giant African ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/575039--worlds-smallest-deminers-to-start-work-in-cambodia
Cambodia takes regional lead with elite bomb dive squad
A quiet, unoccupied section of Victory Beach in Sihanoukville hosted a group of remarkable visitors this week as divers from the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) tested sophisticated new sonar and magnetic equipment donated by the US. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13581/cambodia-takes-regional-lead-with-elite-bomb-dive-squad/
Landmine casualties in Cambodia down 36 pct in 5 months of 2015
Cambodia has seen 57 landmine casualties in the first five months of 2015, down 36 percent compared with 89 casualties over the same period of last year, the latest report said Saturday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6611927/2015/07/11/landmine-casualties-cambodia-down-36-pct-5-months-2015
Deminer was likely digging up explosive when killed
Preliminary results from an investigation into the death of a veteran deminer, who was killed instantly by an explosion while clearing a field in Pailin province on Tuesday, show that he was in the process of excavating an anti-personnel mine when the blast occurred. ...
Alex Consiglio and Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deminer-was-likely-digging-up-explosive-when-killed-80080/
Deminer dies after mine explosion in Pailin province
A deminer was killed instantly when an anti-personnel mine exploded on Tuesday while he was clearing a field in Pailin province’s Sala Krao district, officials said. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deminer-dies-after-mine-explosion-in-pailin-province-79984/
USD 33 millions needed for mine and UXO clearance along Cambodia-Thailand border
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) announced that USD 33 millions is needed to clear off mines and Unexploded Ordinance scattered around Cambodia-Thailand border. USD 20 millions of the total amount is for equipment, and USD 13 millions for mine clearing operation. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MGYzMTY2ZjkzNGJ
Japan Provides Almost US$800,000 for Mine Clearance in Battambang Province
The Government of Japan has decided to provide a total of US$791,720 to Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) to improve mine clearance in Battambang province in 2013. The grant contract was signed here last Friday at the Embassy of Japan between H.E. Kumamaru Yuji, Japanese Ambassador ...
C. Nika
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=36095
