google.com - 12/4/2008
—
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, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. An Afghan teenager who lost ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 12/3/2008
voanews.com - 12/4/2008
—
voanews.com —
Related report by Leta Hong Fincher - Download
(WM) video clip Related report by Leta Hong Fincher
- Watch (WM) video clip Representatives of more than 100 countries are in Oslo, Norway Wednesday to sign a treaty banning cluster bombs. Norway, which ...
(more)
More Than 100 Countries Sign Cluster Bomb Ban
Comments
Blog Reactions
Pointless Cluster Bomb Ban Signed
Confederate Yankee —
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 grenade-sized bomblets inside a air-delivered bomb, missile, or artillery shell. Once the larger shell reaches the target area, it disperses the bomblets over a wider area than could be covered by a single conventional bomb. Cluster bombs are particularly effective against concentrations of dismounted ...
Almost 100 Nations Sign New Ban on Cluster Munitions
Comments from Left Field —
... 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. ...
Related Content
Pointless Cluster Bomb Ban Signed
confederateyankee.mu.nu 12/6/2008 — 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 ...
Afghanistan Signs Cluster Bomb Treaty
nytimes.com 12/3/2008 — OSLO In a last-minute change, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan agreed on Wednesday to join some 90 other nations signing a treaty banning the use of the cluster munitions that have devastated his country in recent years. The decision appeared ...
World Bank: Russia may need help if oil falls more
breitbart.com 12/19/2008 — MOSCOW (AP) - Russia would come under crippling financial pressure and may need to raise money externally if oil languishes at an average of $30 a barrel over the next two years, the World Bank predicted Friday. The bleak scenario would mark a rapid ...
Russia's In A Hurry - Here's Why
redstate.com 11/9/2008 — A Journey Into The Mind Of Vladimir Putin....
On Tuesday night, as we all discussed the consequences of what
had just happened, your humble correspondent staked out what seemed
to be a minority position - that is, that the next 2 - 4 years ...
Russia Out of Rehab
online.wsj.com 11/18/2008 — Russia needed only a few days this August to drive Georgia's army into retreat. In the aftermath, Europe has held out only a bit longer than Tbilisi's troops. EU leaders on Friday said they were resuming talks with Moscow toward an ...
Almost 100 Nations Sign New Ban on Cluster Munitions
commentsfromleftfield.com 12/6/2008 — A new treaty banning the production, use, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster munitions was signed by over 100 nations during a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, that took place Wednesday and Thursday. The text of the treaty was adopted on May 30, 2008, in Dublin, Ireland.
Here is how a cluster bomb ...
Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran ...but only in retaliation
corner.nationalreview.com 12/11/2008 — From Reuters:
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama plans to offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.
Which all sounds very nice, but implicit in such a ...
Russia Plans to Test Obama, U.S. Diplomat Says
nytimes.com 12/18/2008 — A senior diplomat said that talks in Moscow had failed to narrow differences between Russia and the U.S. on the missile shield plan and suggested that Russia was pausing to take stock of the Obama team. >
Obamania and the American Myth
brusselsjournal.com 11/20/2008 — A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of Obamania. The old continent is engaged in a collective swoon as a result of the election of Barack Obama as American president. The president elect’s every move and decision is the subject of slavish and ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
