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Physics Professor Takes On Landmines With New Technology

Professor of Physics Michael Naughton of Boston College has come up with a device that may make sweeping improvements in the effort to rid war-torn lands across the earth of landmines. The current global landmine crisis is largely the result of the huge increase in the number of mines laid in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. In the mid-1990s, the United Nations and the U.S. government estimated that some 2.5 million mines per year were being planted, while only 80,000 per year were being removed through mine clearance.

White House Investigated Over Missing E-Mail, Intimidation

Just when you thought that the Clinton administration had done everything it could to smear its image, the U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation dealing with various electronic mail messages that have been hidden by the administration. Sources say that the Clinton administration also used intimidation tactics to keep the hidden messages a secret.

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