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land mine

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an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over

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Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World. Mary Chapin Carpenter

I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair. Howell Raines

I started out doing something little. I went to Africa to spend five weeks putting roofs on a building. I seen the small child that stepped on a land mine. Three months later, I'm back helping pull the land mines out. Little things just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Sam Childers

Animals are desirable due to their strong sense of smell, which is more than capable of detecting a land mine. Source: Internet

Europe and the United States The first known land mine in Europe was created by Pedro Navarro (d. 1528), a Spanish soldier, who used it in the settles of the Italian castles, in the beginning of the sixteenth century. Source: Internet

Eritrea suffered from significant economic and social stress, including massive population displacement, reduced economic development, and one of Africa's more severe land mine problems. Source: Internet

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