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Press2010December 3, 2010US Government-led effort opens new channels to world markets for Afghan fresh fruit Kabul, Afghanistan, December 3, 2010—Afghan farmers and merchants took an important step forward in world trade by exporting Afghanistan's first-ever, 40-foot refrigerated container (“reefer”) of pomegranates, destined for buyers in Canada. Subsequent reefer shipments will go to Dubai and Holland through the seaport in Karachi, Pakistan.
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November 29, 2010Landmine Survivor, Age 11, Calls Upon the World to Remove Landmines During the Traditional “Season of Peace on Earth” November 29, 2010—Geneva, Switzerland—Daniel Yuval, 11-year old landmine survivor, and Youth Ambassador for the Mine-Free Israel coalition will address the United Nations in Geneva, welcomed by the Foreign Minister of Switzerland and scores of diplomats at an annual meeting of parties to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Daniel lost his leg to a landmine explosion while playing in the snow in the Golan Heights on February 6, 2010. From his hospital bed he spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Head of Opposition Tzipi Livni, urging them to make sure that no one—man, woman or child—will get hurt or killed by landmines in his country. "When Prime Minister Netanyahu called me, I told him, we have to do something to clean up landmines," says Daniel.
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September 20, 2010Campaign targets landmine awareness Knesset to vote on winter bill to establish authority for clearing minefields.
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August 16, 2010Binh Phuoc: Discussing the Method of Cocoa Planting in the Provincial Area In the morning of August 16, 2010, Mr. Danh Van Bui, vice-chairman of Binh Phuoc Provincial People's Committee had a meeting with the organization Roots of Peace (ROP) for planning and developing the stabilized agriculture in Binh Phuoc province.
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July 25, 2010“Mine-Free Israel” Bill Proposal Wins Unanimous Support of Government and Knesset July 25, 2010—Jerusalem—An unprecedented bill proposal for a mine-free Israel, co–sponsored by 73 MKs from all factions, received unanimous support of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation and proceeded to pass preliminary reading with a unanimous vote of the Knesset's plenum. June 30, 2010Israeli Boy Calls World to Mine Action at Banks of Jordan River Eleven Year Old Landmine Survivor Inspires Global Leaders and Military Commanders to Turn Mines to Vines™ at Baptism Site of Jesus June 30, 2010—Jordan River, Israel—Daniel Yuval, age 11, lost his right leg to a landmine while playing in the snow on a family trip to the Golan Heights in February.
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June 7, 2010Marin Voice: The Real Roots of Peace WHO'S Ted Sorensen?" queried the young reporter on the other end of the line when asked would he like to interview the 82-year-old former speechwriter for John F. Kennedy. Sorensen was in Marin recently. He, along with his wife Gillian, a United Nations senior advisor, received Global Citizenship Awards from Roots of Peace, the locally based organization which deactivates land mines, primarily in Afghanistan.
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May 3, 2010Progetto da 400 mila dollari per bonificare i terreni dagli ordigni antiuomo piazzati durante la guerra 40 anni fa RIMINI - I primi 400.000 dollari sono già pronti. Certo, questi soldi non potranno mai risarcire quello che è stato, ma è sicuramente un modo per chiedere scusa. Già perché oggi, 35 anni dopo la fine della guerra in Vietnam, gli Stati Uniti tornano in quel Paese per bonificarlo dalle mine antiuomo. Quelle stesse mine che proprio gli americani nascosero a tradimento sotto il terreno e le coltivazioni di poverissimi contadini. Una volta che i campi - oggi ovviamente inagibili - saranno liberati, ci si pianteranno alberi di cacao.
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April 24, 2010Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace "We must renew and strengthen our commitment at both the international and local levels to rid agricultural fields of the death-dealing landmines that are devastating the lives of so many people, particularly women and children." said Monsignor Anthony R. Frontiero, an official of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, in a meeting with Mrs. Heidi Kühn, founder and CEO of Roots of Peace.
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April 6, 2010Dự án 'Biến mìn bẫy thành sô-cô-la' tại VN Tháng tư năm nay kỷ niệm 35 năm ngày kết thúc chiến tranh Việt Nam. Sau hơn 3 thập niên chấm dứt cuộc tương tàn, thịt vẫn rơi, máu vẫn chảy tại nhiều khu vực trên khắp đất nước Việt Nam, vì số bom mìn khổng lồ còn sót lại dưới lòng đất đang từng ngày, từng giờ rình rập mạng sống của các cư dân địa phương, đặc biệt là giới trẻ sinh sau chiến tranh ở các vùng nông thôn.
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April 6, 2010Project “Mines to Chocolate” in Vietnam In April 2010 Vietnam celebrates the 35th anniversary of the country libration. Three decades after the devastating war ended, bloodshed and life loss still occur across Vietnam due to huge amounts of unexploded bombs mines remaining under the ground that are threatening the lives of local inhabitants at any time, particularly the young generations in rural areas that were born after the war.
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February 9, 2010Editorial: $30 million grant helps local effort to cultivate world peace HEIDI KÜHN of San Rafael is a perfect example of someone who decided she wanted to make a difference. February 4, 2010Roots of Peace of San Rafael receives $30.4 million grant San Rafael-based Roots of Peace has received a $30.4 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to aid farmers in some of Afghanistan's most dangerous provinces.
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February 4, 2010USAID grants $30 million to Roots of Peace to CHAMPION Afghan Farmers February 4, 2010—Kabul, Afghanistan—Roots of Peace, a U.S.-based non-governmental organization, received $30,420,241 in grants from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) last week to support rural farmers in Afghanistan’s eastern and southern provinces over the next four years. |
