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Brazil to Help Clear Landmines in Tsunami-hit Countries

Brazil will participate in the operations clearing anti-personnel mines in some Asian countries affected by the Dec. 26 tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, military sources said Friday.

The head of the Institutional Security Cabinet Jorge Felix said Brazil will send military experts to help in the demining operations.

"Mines are extremely dangerous for the civilian, and we will offer equipment to dismantle them," he said, adding that "we will also provide medical services and construction materials."

Felix, who represented the Brazilian government to attend a meeting at Geneva, Switzerland, on assistance for the countries affected by the tsunamis, said Brazil could send a planeload and four ships of humanitarian aid every week. 

Survivors in some Asian countries, who have been haunted by sorrow of losing their beloved and properties, worries of possible spread of diseases, are facing a new danger -- the displaced landmines by the tidal waves.  

(Xinhua News Agency January 15, 2005)

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