1.   German minesweepers had also been sent to the Gulf to clear mines and two German navy planes were reportedly helping with cleaning up the oil slick there.

2.   Another solution might be to place the Russians in a non-combat role outside NATO command, clearing mines or building bridges.

3.   Bangladeshis clear mines in Kuluku.

4.   Clearing mines is made even more hazardous by booby traps set to foil those efforts.

5.   Depleted uranium ammunition was also used in Kosovo, NATO has told those defusing the bombs and clearing the mines.

6.   David Edwards, project coordinator for the U.N. mine program in Iraqi Kurdistan, said no U.N. de-miners in Iraq have been hurt clearing mines yet.

7.   French peacekeepers began the painstaking task of clearing the mines.

8.   In his team of eight sappers, clearing mines and securing buildings, someone seemed to die every day and be replaced.

9.   It will take many years to clear mines in Kosovo and neighboring Bosnia, Noor said.

10.   Military checkpoints have been removed, mines have been cleared, roads have been opened across front lines and NATO soldiers have moved unopposed into Serb-controlled villages.