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Pointless Cluster Bomb Ban Signed
92 nations signed a ban on cluster bombs yesterday, a move that is more or less meaningless as the largest producers and users of such munitions—including Russia, China, and the United States—refused to sign on. Cluster bombs are composed of...
The Associated Press: 92 nations sign cluster-bomb ban; US, Russia don't
google.com — Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Stoere, right, welcomes the Afghan cluster bomb survivor Soraj Ghulam... Habib, to the dinner in honor of the signing conference on the Convention On Cluster munition at Akershus Castle in Oslo, ... (more) The Associated Press: 92 nations sign cluster-bomb ban; ...
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Nations sign cluster bomb treaty
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news.bbc.co.uk — Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern adresses convention on banning cluster bombs, Oslo, 3 December 2008... (more) BBC NEWS | Europe | Nations sign cluster bomb treaty
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Almost 100 Nations Sign New Ban on Cluster Munitions
Comments from Left Field — ... Bob Owens sneers at how “pointless” and “meaningless” the treaty is without the signatures of the Mighty Mice: ...

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