While those living near the mines believed they would get rich from the industry, they told researchers that they are worried the mining operations have contaminated their water and crops, and given them health problems.
North Korea initiated the shelling on Thursday to protest South Korea's decision to install loudspeakers at the border on Aug. 10 after two South Korean soldiers were severely maimed by land mines, believed to have been planted by the North, near their guard post in the Demilitarized Zone.
I WOULDN'T normally suggest that you take your nutritionist to lunch, but since mine believes in the healing powers of chocolate, she's one of my favorite guests.
A land mine believed to have been planted by Communist rebels killed 12 officers from a paramilitary police force in eastern India, an official said.
In another attack, a bus struck a land mine — believed to have been newly laid — in the southern province of Zabul, killing 12 civilians, a district official said.
This is by no means the only time I have been seen in clothing that no less than two generations – one older, one younger than mine – believe should be consigned to the bottom drawer, or even the dustbin.
The local mayor, Tony Kokshoorn, said the families had been cheered at news that robots carrying cameras had entered a narrow shaft drilled into the section of the mine believed to contain the missing men.
Why do we need this bill when we have already legislated for a referendum any way and when I hope his constituents, like mine, believe the priorities are jobs, growth and investment and not putting the whole of the European investments links at risk.
An Australian-backed mining company believes there are deposits throughout the Grampian mountains.
Industrial mining, she believes, leaves places like Greene County environmentally ravaged and reliant on a single, dwindling resource.
Lancashire's geology is "much, much easier" to mine safely, believes Vaughan, because the gas is not as close to the aquifer.
