China provides demining assistance to Iraq, Afghanistan

An Iraqi trainee shows a model of mine at a training base in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsuprovince, October 14, 2009. Twenty trainees from Afghanistanand Iraqparticipate in the mine-clearing course offered by the Nanjing-based PLA University of Science and Technology. The training started on September 15 and will continue for two months. Over the past ten years, Chinahas provided humanitarian demining assistance to 20 countries, training about 360 demining technicians, Xinhua reported. [Xinhua]