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Sure, the world would be a better place if there was no corporate money in politics, and no hired-gun lobbyists, as it would if there were no land mines or nuclear weapons.
"In Angola, government forces and Unita rebels are again laying mines more intensively than ever," it said.
Executive Outcomes, a South African mercenary business, recently invaded, stabilized, and controlled Sierra Leone for a year--interrupting a long-waged civil war--in order to protect that country's diamond mines.
Although the mines are superseded by those in South America and South Africa, the art of cutting and polishing is still extant in Gujarat.
Some hurdles remain however, says the Times : the U.S. would like at least a limited exemption for anti-personnel mines used in conjunction with anti-tank mines, and also wants an escape clause allowing exemptions for countries who are the victims of aggression.