09/21/2011
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Reuters
MANNAR, Sri Lanka (AlertNet) - Post-war Sri Lanka will need another decade to clear the half million landmines which lie buried under swathes of agricultural and forest land and around villages in the north of the island nation, the head of a demining group said.
01/15/2011
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AFP
Unexploded mines planted during Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist war may have shifted during recent floods, officials said Sunday, as residents started to return to their badly-damaged homes and farms.
03/16/2010
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Reuters
NEW DELHI (AlertNet) - Many Sri Lankans who fled to India during their country's protracted civil war want to go home now the conflict is over, but hurdles lie ahead as preparations begin for their return, aid workers said on Tuesday. Over 100,000 Sri Lankans are estimated to have sought refuge in southern India during the conflict between separatist rebels and the Sri Lankan army, which lasted a quarter of a century.
02/04/2010
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Sydney Morning Herald
It will be years before the landmines will be cleared from the ravaged country's battlefields, writes Matt Wade.