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Alejandra Segura is one of eight women deminers in Colombia.

Meet the woman helping clear Colombia of its deadly land mines

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Alejandra Segura is one of the eight women deminers working to clear Colombia of deadly explosives — a gargantuan task that the country’s president has promised to finish in the next four years.

Princess Diana walks through a minefield in Angola, 1997

The day Princess Diana stepped into an active minefield

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