Recycled materials give new limbs to Thai land mine victims
Wisit Kraitin, a Thai farmer who lost a leg to a land mine, received a prosthetic made from recycled aluminum cans and plastic bottles. The Prosthesis Foundation of Thailand, founded in 1992, funds and crafts free limbs for poor victims, aided by a One flip top toward a new step campaign.
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Thailand
Wisit Kraitin
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Wisit
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Bhumibol Adulyadej
Therdchai Cheevaket
Ajinomoto Sales
Foundation
Therdchai
Klong Nam Sai
Bangkok
Aranyaprather
Fireworks Blast in China Kills 21 as Explosives Detonate
State media say 21 people died and more than two dozen injured after a fireworks explosives blast in a central Jiangxi apartment building. The explosion leveled the five story structure as Huang Yuexiang transferred about 2 tons of explosives from his truck to a storage space, with no cause given and unclear if he survived.
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Xinhua
Huang Yuexiang
China
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Afghan opposition claims capture near Salang Pass
Afghan opposition fighters said they seized territory from the Taliban on Saturday in clashes that killed about 70 Taliban soldiers. They claimed they broke Taliban defenses and pushed toward the Salang Pass, 60 miles north of Kabul, while the Taliban denied heavy losses and said the front line held.
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Taliban
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Kabul
U S military begins training Colombians in anti narcotics push
U S Special Forces trainers arrived in Florencia Colombia to form the second anti narcotics battalion as part of a 1.3 billion aid package. 780 soldiers will join an existing unit while a 12 man brigade will oversee operations. the effort aims to boost police drug enforcement and reduce coca and heroin production amid guerrilla and paramilitary activity. President Clinton framed the aid as part of a Colombia Initiative to strengthen democracy, reform justice, and economic development while stepping up counter narcotics support.
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