Comments on: All Quiet on the Eastern Front http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/22/all-quiet-on-the-eastern-front/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/22/all-quiet-on-the-eastern-front/#comment-1135 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:19:27 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/03/22/all-quiet-on-the-eastern-front/#comment-1135 On the subject of landmines in Armenia, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty has just reported the following: <blockquote>102MINED AREAS IN EAST ARMENIA: UN YEREVAN, March 23, 2006 (AFP) - Some 102 mine fields dot Armenia’s eastern regions near the border with Azerbaijan, endangering local inhabitants, UN officials said after examining the area. The landmine-littered areas, which had already killed over 160 people and injured over 230 more, contaminate some 320 square kilometers and have a negative impact on the lives of over 69,000 locals, the UN de-mining project’s press release said. [...] The landmines in south Armenia had been installed as part of defenses during a military conflict over Azerbaijan's mostly-Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2006/03/05AE2608-F52D-4C2A-914B-6F9AF1E0B8E3.ASP</blockquote> On the subject of landmines in Armenia, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty has just reported the following:

102MINED AREAS IN EAST ARMENIA: UN

YEREVAN, March 23, 2006 (AFP) - Some 102 mine fields dot Armenia’s eastern regions near the border with Azerbaijan, endangering local inhabitants, UN officials said after examining the area.

The landmine-littered areas, which had already killed over 160 people and injured over 230 more, contaminate some 320 square kilometers and have a negative impact on the lives of over 69,000 locals, the UN de-mining project’s press release said.

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The landmines in south Armenia had been installed as part of defenses during a military conflict over Azerbaijan’s mostly-Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2006/03/05AE2608-F52D-4C2A-914B-6F9AF1E0B8E3.ASP

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