Dennis Klein
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/ 18 March 2005

World War II bombs still haunt Germany

Sixty years after the end of World War II, Germany is still nowhere near completing the job of destroying thousands of tonnes of unexploded bombs, shells, mines and grenades. In the eastern state of Brandenburg, encircling Berlin, a 4 000km chunk of land is contaminated with leftover bombs, shells and other potentially dangerous and ageing munitions.