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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 12:33 Written by Administrator Monday, 30 August 2010 12:33
An estimated 16 million landmines and unexploded munitions from World War II continue to maim thousands of local herders in the northern town of el-Alamein in Egypt. The landmines pose not only a humanitarian hazard, but remain a huge obstacle to the economic development of Egypt’s coast which is believed to be rich in oil and gas reserves and potentially lucrative tourism destinations. The Egyptian government says that de-mining the el-Alamein battlefields alone could cost billon. Al Jazeera’s Ayman Moyheldin reports. August 1, 2010
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