11.   And even though the mines are a weapon of war, most of their victims are civilians.

12.   Beaty and Wright were able to acquire the properties for pennies on the dollar because the mines were not profitable at prevailing silver prices.

13.   Berisha knows there may be mines in quiet fields.

14.   All these mines are in Queensland state, which produces most of the hard coking coal.

15.   A close observer might wonder why the coal mine is idle at midday, but it is a minor clue.

16.   A difficulty, traders say, is that mines are selling gold forward, creating a price barrier around this level.

17.   A year ago, the mine was idle because of the low price of coal and the high cost of labor.

18.   Buried by hand or dropped out of helicopters or airplanes, the mines are cheap, easy ways to defend military positions and to pick off enemy soldiers.

19.   But mines were there, still buried in the fields, when the Sha family returned to their home in the Shomali valley almost four weeks ago.

20.   But mines are not the only weapons that render the fields dangerous to farm, the roads deadly to drive and the paths to water risky to walk.