ClearTips: Powerful paragraphs

Getting off to a good start: Start with a gripping fact

Present a compelling (or even shocking) fact or statistic that you suspect your readers will find interesting.

Every twenty minutes or so, someone somewhere is killed or injured by a landmine. According to the United Nations more than 110m buried mines are left over from the 20th century's numerous wars-most of them in poor countries such as Afghanistan, Angola and Cambodia which can ill afford the cost of removing them.

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