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Ukraine demining teams race to clear danger before winter
Ukraine demining teams race to clear danger before winter
World
by  AFP

Small, hidden and lethal, mines and other explosives left behind by retreating Russian forces in eastern Ukraine pose an urgent challenge for demining teams ahead of winter. - No end in sight - "We have 35 staff, in seven teams, from different regions of Ukraine," said Vasyl Maidyk, commander of the demining teams in Izyum district.

Qatar races to ready luxury and budget rooms for World Cup
Qatar races to ready luxury and budget rooms for World Cup
World
by  AFP

Fifty days before the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, workers are pouring concrete and hammering through the night to ready luxury hotels and bargain apartments for a million or more football fans. Organisers say that more than one million fans will visit and that 130,000 rooms will be usable in hotels, apartments, cruise ships and desert tents.