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| Sunday, 19 March 2006 |
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Omen for peace? Killing fields de-mined
The country worn out with massive
Removing anti-personal mines is one of the foremost concerns of both the international community and the government of Sri Lanka. These mines killed thousands of soldiers and now innocent civilians are the victims of these cruel landmines.
The Ministry of Nation Building and Development says, over one million anti-personal landmines are buried in nearly 640 villages. The Ministry assures that the present demining process in the Northeast will be completed by the year 2008.
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The twenty-year-long war has finally come to a temporary halt. Survivors
of this cruel bloodshed are returning to their villages trying to rebuild
their lives and homes that they once lost. 
expenses, is now contending with post- conflict issues such as
reconstruction, rehabilitation and rebuilding. 
According
to statistics, during the last four years 238 civilians were injured,
killing 42 and the rest disabled. 
