Virginian-Pilot


DATE: Wednesday, October 22, 1997           TAG: 9710220461

SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: Focus 

SOURCE: BY KARIN DAVIES, ASSOCIATED PRESS 

DATELINE: LOKICHOKIO, KENYA                 LENGTH:   30 lines




FOCUS: LAND MINES' HUMAN TOLL EVEN AS AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BAN LAND MINES GATHERS MOMENTUM, THE DEVICES KEEP KILLING AND MAIMING INDISCRIMINATELY. MOST OF THEIR VICTIMS ARE CIVILIANS, AND THE MINES' GRUESOME WORK IS OFTEN DONE LONG AFTER A CONFLICT ENDS.

MEMO: [Complete text of this story can be found on the microfilm for

this date.] ILLUSTRATION: Associated Press Photos

Jody Williams...

Goch Bol...

Kenya's Lopiding Hospital...

TYPES OF LAND MINES

LOSING LIVES AND LIMBS

THE COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED

AP CHART

SOURCE: International Red Cross

[For a copy of the chart, see microfilm for this date.]



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