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Ireland urged to stand firm on total ban

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May 19, 2008
        

IRELAND must resist pressure to dilute a proposed treaty banning cluster bombs, according to human rights group Amnesty. Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin, will today welcome representatives from over 100 governments to Croke Park for the international diplomatic conference which will run...

                   
independent.ie: Berihu Messele from Ethiopia (right), who was injured by a cluster bomb, with Tun Channareth from Cambodia, injured by a landmine, at Dublin's Pro-Cathedral yesterday independent.ie

Minister has chance to broker deal on deadly cluster bombs

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May 19, 2008
        

could achieve its first diplomatic success by negotiating a total ban on the use of deadly cluster bombs, at a major conference opening today. Delegates from 120 countries gather in Dublin's Croke Park this morning for a 12-day Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions. Cluster bombs -- small...

                   
independent.ie: More than 100 countries will meet in Dublin to discuss cluster bombs, above, and a possible accord to ban the devastating independent.ie

This is our chance to ban cluster bombs for good

independent.ie
May 19, 2008
        

'I WAS watering the garden and picking weeds and I saw a metal object. I did not know what it was and so I picked it up. I did not know that it was dangerous so I started playing with the ribbon on the end. Then I don't know what happened, it exploded. Now I have lost the fingers on my hand."

                   

Cluster bomb ban being debated in Dublin (AAP)

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May 19, 2008
        

Envoys from about 100 countries are meeting in Dublin with the aim of achieving a global ban on cluster munitions. The talks, at Dublin's giant Croke Park Gaelic sports and rugby union stadium, are aimed at securing agreement on a wide-ranging pact that would completely wipe out the use,...

                   

US skips meeting to ban cluster bombs

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May 19, 2008
        

Article from: Agence France-Presse ENVOYS from about 100 countries meet in Dublin today for a 12-day conference aimed at clinching a global ban on cluster munitions, as campaigners said it was "now or never" for a deal. The talks, at Dublin's giant Croke Park Gaelic sports and rugby union...

                   

Pope Backs Global Ban on Cluster Bombs

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May 19, 2008
        

Pope Benedict XVI has urged diplomats at an international conference in Dublin to sign a treaty banning cluster bombs, which have killed or wounded thousands of civilians. Benedict said Sunday it is "necessary to correct the errors of the past." He also prayed for the victims of the bombs and...

                   

Ban cluster bombs: Pope

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May 19, 2008
        

GENOA, Italy: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on governments to adopt an international convention banning the use of cluster munitions, on the eve of a conference on the issue in Dublin. The pope spoke during a visit to the northern Italian city of Genoa, ahead of Monday’s opening of a 12-day...

                   

Dublin conference targets cluster bomb ban (AFP)

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May 18, 2008
        

by Robin Millard 12 minutes ago LONDON (AFP) - Envoys from around 100 countries are to gather in Dublin on Monday for a 12-day conference aimed at clinching an international treaty banning cluster munitions. But notable absentees from the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions, which...

                   

Nations to develop cluster bomb treaty in Ireland conference

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May 18, 2008
        

JURIST] Representatives of over 100 governments will meet Monday at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions [official website] to finalize a treaty banning the use, manufacture, and stockpiling of cluster bombs [ICRC materials; JURIST news archive]. Opponents of the ordnance,...

                   
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Pope Backs Global Ban on Cluster Bombs

voanews.com
May 18, 2008
        

Pope Benedict XVI has urged diplomats at an international conference in Dublin to sign a treaty banning cluster bombs, which have killed or wounded thousands of civilians. Benedict said Sunday it is "necessary to correct the errors of the past." He also prayed for the victims of the bombs and...