1.
Poll: Almost half in U.S. creationist
BOGOTA, July 26 (UPI) -- Colombia has become the number one country for landmine victims, with more than 1,000 killed last year, Human Rights Watch reported Thursday.
The rights group blamed the increase in landmine deaths -- up from 300 in 2001 -- on left-wing rebel groups like the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
"By using anti-personnel landmines, the FARC are leaving Colombian civilians who have no part in the conflict maimed, blind, deaf or dead," said Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director for Human Rights Watch. "There is simply no excuse for using these indiscriminate weapons."
The FARC has been fighting the Colombian government for more than 40 years.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
WILMINGTON, Del., June 3 (UPI) --
A group investigating the disappearance of Amelia Earhart concluded she died on an uninhabited Pacific island where her plane made an emergency landing in 1937.
|
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
|
If you're in the market for a car or truck it might make more sense to consider a new vehicle this year rather than a used one.
|
CAYCE, S.C., June 3 (UPI) --
A group of South Carolina third-graders convinced the Cayce City Council to allow residents to raise chickens after learning about the birds in class.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
