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Old landmine injures 7 farmers in northwestern Cambodia

Seven people were injured on Wednesday morning after they stepped on an old landmine while walking to their rice fields in a former battlefield in Anlong Veng district of Oddar Meanchey province, the provincial governor, Sar Thavy said. ...

Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/826415.shtml#.Uo1lUsRgd8E

Japan Pledges $9M to Demining in Battambang

The government of Japan will donate about $9.13 million to the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) to further their efforts in clearing Battambang province’s Bavel and Ratanak Mondol districts, two of the most heavily mined areas nationwide, officials said Wednesday. ...

Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-pledges-9m-to-demining-in-battambang-45798/

Floods Bring Another Danger to the Northwest—Landmines

In the past decade, thanks to extensive demining efforts, few residents of Battambang province’s Rokha Kiri district had seen land mines, millions of which once covered Cambodian soil after decades of civil war. ...

Mech Dara and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-bring-another-danger-to-the-northwest-landmines-45481/

Huge UXO stash found by farmer

A potato farmer who unearthed old bullets as he ploughed his field on Friday in Oddar Meanchey province discovered more than 500 pieces of unexploded ordnance, anti-mine officials said yesterday. Farmer Hun Kren, 29, alerted authorities to the discovery in Banteay Ampil district, where Cambodian Mine ...

Kim Sarom and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/huge-uxo-stash-found-farmer

Teen loses both legs in Pailin blast

A landmine blast tore both legs from a 19-year-old man as he searched a wooded area in Pailin province’s Sala Krao district for bamboo shoots. Despite losing his legs, Thean Chin survived the explosion, and is receiving treatment at the Battambang Provincial Hospital, Sala Krao Deputy ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teen-loses-both-legs-pailin-blast

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