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Drones help identify objects on Laos's historic Plain of Jars
Conflict
Drones allow access to a historic site in Laos that American bombs made off-limits
Child laborers in the Philippines
Justice
These photos of Filipino children working in mines and on sugar plantations will make you cry
Injuries and fatalities from landmine explosions globally have fallen since the creation of an international mine ban treaty in 1997, though 4,000 fatalities still occur annually. Here, demining efforts followed a landslide in Bosnia & Herzegovina in May.
Conflict & Justice
Will the US join other nations in banning land mines?
PHOTOS: Violent Dispersal of Election Protest in Cambodia
China Detains Activist Billionaire Wang Gongquan Amid Crackdown on Dissent
France Sees Great Potential in the Chinese Tourism Industry
France Sees Great Potential in the Chinese Tourism Industry