Posts Tagged ‘ Bombs ’

Baghdad blasts target Shi’ites, kill 63 

December 23, 2011
Baghdad blasts target Shi’ites, kill 63 

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of the bomb attack in Baghdad’s Shaab District, northern Baghdad, December 22, 2011. A wave of bombings killed at least 63 people in Baghdad on Thursday, the first attacks since Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government was engulfed in a crisis that risks fracturing the country along sectarian and ethnic faultlines. The [...]

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Unexploded war bombs found in Vietnam capital 

December 23, 2011
Unexploded war bombs found in Vietnam capital 

A bomb from the Vietnam War detected in Hanoi on Tuesday. Soldiers are handling two big unexploded bombs that have recently been discovered in Hanoi, Tien Phong quoted the High Command of the capital as saying on Thursday. According to the newspaper, one of the bombs was unearthed Tuesday when workers were upgrading the Dinh [...]

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UXO decontamination in Vietnam an uphill task 

December 14, 2011
UXO decontamination in Vietnam an uphill task 

  An unexploded bomb unearthed in the garden of a resident’s house in the north-central province of Quang Tri, which has recorded the highest number of deaths and injuries caused by unexploded bombs and landmines The Americans lost 58,000 lives in the Vietnam War. Vietnamese have lost 42,000 lives to the war after it ended [...]

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Vietnam seeks $500 mln to clear war-era bombs, mines 

December 9, 2011
Vietnam seeks $500 mln to clear war-era bombs, mines 

Soldiers study a 2,000lb bomb dropped by the US Airforce during the Vietnam War in A Luoi, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. Vietnam is seeking US$500 million in assistance from domestic and international sources to help clear war-era bombs and mines and reduce the difficulties for its people and land contaminated by unexploded ordnance, [...]

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900kg war-era bomb unearthed in central Vietnam 

October 14, 2011
900kg war-era bomb unearthed in central Vietnam 

The 900-kilogram bomb found near a stream in Thua Thien-Hue Province. A 900 kilogram Vietnam War-era bomb shell was discovered near a stream in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Tuesday, the VnExpress newswire reported. Soil erosion caused by heavy rains exposed the bomb, which was surrounded by other small sized bombs and mines [...]

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Clear and present danger 

July 4, 2011
Clear and present danger 

  Soldiers and civilians risk their lives in removing unexploded bombs that continue to kill thousands decades after the Vietnam War Soldiers remove an unexploded bomb out of a rice field in the Mekong Delta in April Nguyen Van Cuong quit his job as bomb deactivator two years ago, but constantly thinks of the “meaningful [...]

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The worst weapon 

November 14, 2010
The worst weapon 

   Nong, a government employee pictured with the children of Kengkup village, Sepone District, Savhanakhet Province. Nong said four children were recently killed in the village while out playing with an unexploded sub-munitions dropped by American planes during the “secret” bombing campaign over Laos. The first use of cluster munitions reportedly occurred when a World [...]

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Vietnam needs 300 years to be free from unexploded bombs, mines

November 23, 2009
Vietnam needs 300 years to be free from unexploded bombs, mines

International and domestic delegates gathered on November 19 in Quang Tri to find ways of minimising accidents caused by post-war bombs and landmines in central provinces. LookAtVietnam – International and domestic delegates gathered on November 19 in central Quang Tri Province to find ways of minimising accidents caused by post-war bombs and landmines and boosting [...]

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A violent peace

November 22, 2009
A violent peace

14-year-old Hoang Thi Thien had her right eye, chest, abdomen, and legs injured after a war-time bomb exploded in Quang Tri There is no peace for those who live in one of the world’s most heavily-bombed areas. Nguyen Van Troi slept through the afternoon, not common practice for a farmer who usually tends fields all [...]

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Keep digging

August 16, 2009
Keep digging

LookAtVietnam – Unexploded ordnance and landmines are a tragic reminder of war and a daily threat for civilians in Vietnam.  On July 10, after helping his parents to clean the house and taking care of his two younger sisters, 12-year-old Dao Ba Thanh led his two friends and the family’s herd of buffaloes to a [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...