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Planet Ark World Environment News - in partnership with Colonial First State Three Brothers Die in Egypt's Landmine Blast

Date: 13-Aug-07
Country: EGYPT

The brothers found the mine in the village of Ain Ghosein near the coastal city of Ismailia on Saturday evening. Not knowing what it was, they hammered it with stones, triggering the blast, one source said.

The area near Ismailia and the Sinai Peninsula still have landmines from the Arab-Israeli wars of the last century. Egypt's Western Desert also contains mines, dating back to World War Two.

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