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VIENTIANE, Laos --Phong Manithong was maimed and blinded at just 16 yearsold. A friend gave him what looked like a toy ball, but it was a bomb thatsuddenly exploded in his hands. Phong Manithong, left, was maimed and blinded by an unexploded American bomb CBS News I feel lots of pain on my body and I feel like Iwas in fire, Manithong said.His devastating injuries came from American munitionsdropped more than 40 stanley quencher years ago. During the war in neighboring Vietnam, U.S.warplanes unleashed 270 million cluster bombs on Laos to cut off enemy supplylines. Eighty million of them did not explode, resulting in morethan 20,000 casualties since the war ended.U.S. bombs dropped decades ago in Laos still killing localsOn Wednesday, President Obama promised $90 million tohelp clear the ordinance from the country. We see the victims of bombs that were droppedbecause of decisions made half a century ago stanley flask and we are reminded that warsalways carry tremendous costs, Obama said while surroundedby prosthetic limbs designed for the injured. stanley cup U.S. cluster bombs still killing in Laos 24 photos Cle Yorq Bill Murray makes surprise appearance at White House
Republican presidential candidate, former Massach stanley kubek usetts Gov. Mitt Romney places his hand on his chest while speaking at the RNC State Chairman s National Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., Friday, April 20, 2012. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong CBS News SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Seeking to begin the healing after the GOP s hard-fought presidential primary, likely nominee Mitt Romney commended the eight other candidates who he said had the courage to run for president on our side of the aisle this year. He thanked each of them by name and offered praise to the group. Each of them campaigned in an aggressive and dynamic way to spread our message of conservatism, Romney told members o stanley fr f the Republican National Committee at their annual meeting. And each is going to play a vital role in making sure that we win in November. While he noted that two candidates are still running - namely former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas - Romney was signaling the unofficial end stanley cup becher of the primary and tacitly acknowledging what most Republicans already believe: Neither Gingrich nor Paul has a realistic chance of beating him for the nomination. Romney was introduced in fiery remarks by Arizona s senior senator, John McCain, himself an early Romney supporter. Romney laid out the case against President Obama, focusing on a comment by top Obama political str
VIENTIANE, Laos --Phong Manithong was maimed and blinded at just 16 yearsold. A friend gave him what looked like a toy ball, but it was a bomb thatsuddenly exploded in his hands. Phong Manithong, left, was maimed and blinded by an unexploded American bomb CBS News I feel lots of pain on my body and I feel like Iwas in fire, Manithong said.His devastating injuries came from American munitionsdropped more than 40 stanley quencher years ago. During the war in neighboring Vietnam, U.S.warplanes unleashed 270 million cluster bombs on Laos to cut off enemy supplylines. Eighty million of them did not explode, resulting in morethan 20,000 casualties since the war ended.U.S. bombs dropped decades ago in Laos still killing localsOn Wednesday, President Obama promised $90 million tohelp clear the ordinance from the country. We see the victims of bombs that were droppedbecause of decisions made half a century ago stanley flask and we are reminded that warsalways carry tremendous costs, Obama said while surroundedby prosthetic limbs designed for the injured. stanley cup U.S. cluster bombs still killing in Laos 24 photos Cle Yorq Bill Murray makes surprise appearance at White House
Republican presidential candidate, former Massach stanley kubek usetts Gov. Mitt Romney places his hand on his chest while speaking at the RNC State Chairman s National Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., Friday, April 20, 2012. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong CBS News SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Seeking to begin the healing after the GOP s hard-fought presidential primary, likely nominee Mitt Romney commended the eight other candidates who he said had the courage to run for president on our side of the aisle this year. He thanked each of them by name and offered praise to the group. Each of them campaigned in an aggressive and dynamic way to spread our message of conservatism, Romney told members o stanley fr f the Republican National Committee at their annual meeting. And each is going to play a vital role in making sure that we win in November. While he noted that two candidates are still running - namely former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas - Romney was signaling the unofficial end stanley cup becher of the primary and tacitly acknowledging what most Republicans already believe: Neither Gingrich nor Paul has a realistic chance of beating him for the nomination. Romney was introduced in fiery remarks by Arizona s senior senator, John McCain, himself an early Romney supporter. Romney laid out the case against President Obama, focusing on a comment by top Obama political str
