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EU regrets US military policy about-face on landmines

February 4, 2020

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union expressed regret on Tuesday that the United States has decided to use anti-personnel landmines more widely and once again considers them to be an important weapon of war.Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled...

Trump shifts to authorize wider US military use of landmines

By ROBERT BURNS | January 31, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday canceled an Obama-era prohibition on the use of anti-personnel landmines outside of the Korean peninsula. With potential future conflict with China and Russia in mind, the new policy specified no geographic...