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In pictures: Vietnam at peace
 

"Mai Chiem Tiem, 46 years old, from Dong Ha town, lost his hand and had his optic nerves severed when he picked up a pineapple bomb in his paddy field in January 1987.

"He had farmed the land for 10 years without mishap. He found the bomb and threw it to one side. A few days later when he lifted it up a second time it exploded."

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