Cluster-bomb threat plagues war zone

NEW YORK - Cluster bombs dropped by Israel on southern Lebanon in its month-long war with Hizbollah are still killing or injuring three to four civilians a day, a third of them children, land mine activists say.

Groups helping Lebanon clear unexploded mines from the war zone have identified 770 sites hit by cluster bombs during the conflict that ended on August 14, Landmine Action says. More than 45,000 unexploded bomblets have been cleared but hundreds of thousands litter the countryside and it will take up to two years to get the situation under control.

- REUTERS