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A UN observer in southern Lebanon exmining an unexploded rocket bearing hundreds of bomblets. (AP) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 02:28 25/11/2006 3 men hurt while rescuing shepherd from S. Lebanon minefield By The Associated Press BEIRUT - A land mine explosion wounded two European mine clearing experts and a Lebanese medic as they tried to rescue a shepherd from an unmarked minefield in southern Lebanon on Friday, said a UN spokeswoman. The three men were rushed to hospital in the town of Marjayoun, said Dalya Farran, a spokeswoman for the UN Mine Action Coordination Center. The condition of the ordnance disposal experts, David Alderson of Britain and Damir Paradzik of Bosnia, was described as serious. But their wounds were "not life-threatening," said Patrick Toyne Sewell, the spokesman of their London-based employer, ArmorGroup. Advertisement The wounds of the medic, who was not identified, were not as severe, said Farran. The explosion occurred near the village of Deir Mimas, south of Marjayoun and three kilometers northwest of the Israeli border, Farran said. The three men were trying to rescue a shepherd who had led a herd of goats into an unmarked minefield. The goats detonated a land mine. Alderson, Paradzik and the medic heard the explosion and saw the shepherd, with some dead animals, wondering how to get out of the field. As the three tried to help him, one of them inadvertently detonated a second land mine, Farran said. The shepherd managed to leave the minefield unharmed. Earlier Friday, Lebanese security officials and the official National News Agency had reported that Alderson and Paradzik were wounded by a cluster bomb explosion, but Farran said this was not the case. ArmorGroup has been clearing unexploded ordinance and cluster bombs in south Lebanon since September for the UN Mine Action Coordination Center, based in Tyre. UN experts say up to 1 million cluster bombs dropped by Israeli aircraft during the July-August war against Hezbollah remain unexploded in south Lebanon, where they continue to threaten civilians. At least 24 people have died in cluster bomb explosions since the war ended. Bookmark to del.icio.us Aliyah from Iran A group of 40 new immigrants from Iran touched down in Israel on Tuesday. Race to White House Top Republican candidate Mike Huckabee supports dialogue with Iran.   1.   Self rightgeous military in the world 16:47  |  omolll 24/11/06   2.   Has Lebanon learned its lesson? 16:57  |  Dave 24/11/06   3.   Cluster Bombs 17:17  |  Mary 24/11/06   4.   Are the Israeli`s happy now? 17:24  |  Marilyn 24/11/06   5.   Why ? 17:25  |  Paul 24/11/06   6.   Worth bearing in mind 17:50  |  Allon 24/11/06   7.   Lebanon belongs to Syria 18:00  |  Dave 24/11/06   8.   Norway 18:31  |  Ernst 24/11/06   9.   To Dave 18:40  |  Nathan 24/11/06   10.   Hizbollah is the cause 19:11  |  Sheldon 24/11/06   11.   Truth about Cluter Bombs 19:19  |  Frank Morris 24/11/06   12.   What makes a man willingly risk his life for that of a stranger? 19:20  |  Timothy 24/11/06   13.   4 million cluster bombs? 19:24  |  david 24/11/06   14.   Geneva Convention 19:42  |  Benjamin 24/11/06   15.   leftist idiots 19:46  |  unknown 24/11/06   16.   lebnaan 3am bentaak 19:52  |  Tamir Gaza 24/11/06   17.   To Sheldon 20:00  |  Andreas 24/11/06   18.   Lesson of Lebanon 20:05  |  Ballistic 24/11/06   19.   Time is not beside Israel. 20:06  |  Alex 24/11/06   20.   Nathan 20:28  |  Dave 24/11/06   21.   Bush`s mess. Bush`s fault 20:32  |  Natallie Durson 24/11/06   22.   #13 David in Denial, New York 21:05  |  Boycott 24/11/06   23.   Cleaning up 22:09  |  Janice 24/11/06   24.   #20 Dave 23:02  |  Tony Price 24/11/06   25.   Do you speak English? 23:32  |  Izzy 24/11/06   26.   to marilyn 00:05  |  claudio 25/11/06   27.   Who cares self inflicted wounds 00:35  |  Twogunz 25/11/06   28.   Thank you IZZY 00:38  |  Sam 25/11/06   29.   Dave 00:38  |  Mike 25/11/06   30.   Dave 00:43  |  Marc 25/11/06   31.   #25 Izzy 01:50  |  Boycott 25/11/06   32.   Oh Izzy 01:56  |  Janice 25/11/06   33.   To dave: Israel is not a real country 02:12  |  Aman 25/11/06   34.   Poisonous Area 02:16  |  DA 25/11/06   35.   11 Frank Morris - Forgetting Americans 02:31  |  Mark of Lewiston 25/11/06   36.   Aman 02:37  |  Dave 25/11/06   37.   Cluster bombs 03:35  |  Brian 25/11/06   38.   Izzy 03:47  |  Janice 25/11/06   39.   Dave of Toronto 03:51  |  Janice 25/11/06   40.   #4 05:05  |  Moshe 25/11/06   41.   #33 05:22  |  Moshe 25/11/06   42.   What else could Israel do? They had the.... 06:30  |  Maureen Ann 25/11/06   43.   To Dave of Canada 07:53  |  Westwell 25/11/06   44.   Claudio, poor little victim 09:01  |  Marilyn 25/11/06   45.   #25 Izzy - nice try! 12:19  |  Tony Price 25/11/06   46.   44 Marilyn.Don`t blame us 15:49  |  Claudio 25/11/06   47.   To Aman 33 16:06  |  Claudio 25/11/06   48.   To Moshe 41 16:32  |  Claudio 25/11/06   49.   to34, surgery is....... 17:01  |  Claudio 25/11/06

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