Iraq far behind in mine clearance (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_land_mines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.0048d783dda1454d8ab98e49a0cd3441.iraq_mines_bag102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vSN1SMDRwNr.Z.q5SW313Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="From left to right: Lt. Gen. Ahmed Hashim, representative of Iraq's ministry of Defense, Kent Paulusson, United Nation Development Fund's senior mine action adviser, and Arnold Glmer, special representative of the General Secretary of the UN. presents the report on the steps taken by Iraq to clear land-mines and unexploded bombs at a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Iraq's failure to take any steps to clear land-mines and unexploded bombs will derail any chance of its ever meeting an international deadline to clean up what is considered one of the world's most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Iraqi government's failure to grasp the scope of its land mine and bomb problem has derailed efforts to clear what is considered one of the world's most contaminated countries, two United Nations agencies said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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