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Ahead of Key Global Conference, U.S. Announces Continued Rejection of Land Mine Ban

The Obama administration has announced it won't sign an international convention banning land mines. This is the first time the Obama administration has publicly disclosed its position on the Mine Ban Treaty, which bans the use, stockpiling, production or transfer of antipersonnel mines. We speak to Stephen Goose of Human Rights Watch's arms division and a co-founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. Ref. Source 6

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New technology for land mine detection

In Colombia, large areas are teeming with mines that are almost impossible to detect with traditional methods. Researchers are now developing a new mine clearance technology, based on ground penetrating radar. In the long run, they are aiming at creating a handheld device that will detect different mine types on rough terrain without fail and which can be used in the same way as metal detectors. Ref. Source 2s.