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GLOBAL: Is this the end for cluster munitions?

                   
globalsecurity.org
May 18, 2008
        
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JOHANNESBURG, 17 May 2008 (IRIN) - It is expected that the 37 states not signatory to the Mine Ban Treaty, also referred to as the Ottawa Convention - including China, India, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States - will also decline to be party to a treaty limiting the use of cluster... [read full story]                    

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Cluster Bomb Conference Continues in Ireland

 radiovaticana.org May 21, 2008
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Martin Bell: The UK has no ethical foreign policy if it battles to keep these munitions

 independent.co.uk May 18, 2008
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US and Israel refuse to attend international conference on cluster bomb ban

wsws.org
May 21, 2008
        

By Naomi Spencer 21 May 2008 This week, delegations from over 100 countries arrived in Dublin, Ireland for the drafting of a global treaty banning the use of cluster munitions. Notably but predictably absent from the diplomatic conference was the United States—the largest producer, stockpiler,...

                   

Top director promotes campaign against cluster bombs

breakingnews.ie
May 21, 2008
        

Film director Neil Jordan will tonight introduce a Dublin film screening timed to coincide with a major international conference on cluster bombs. 'Unacceptable Harm', directed by Chris Anderson, depicts the horrific human impact of the munitions used in war zones across the world. A 12-day...

                   

Britain Obstructs Global Ban on Use of Cluster Bombs

truthout.org
May 21, 2008
        

Kim Sengupta, of The Independent UK: "The British Government is accused of being the chief obstacle to the signing of a treaty to ban cluster bombs, which have maimed and killed thousands of civilians worldwide. Countries that have suffered the impact of the bombs, humanitarian groups and former...

                   
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Maimed Afghan teen joins charge for ban on cluster bombs at Dublin talks

dailystar.com.lb
May 20, 2008
        

Afghan teenager Soraj Ghulam Habib, whose legs were blown off by a cluster bomb, is campaigning hard for a ban on such lethal munitions that would spare other children from his tragic fate. A 10-year-old boy when the unexploded bomblet left him close to death, Habib, now 17 and wheelchair-bound,...

                   

Talks for a Ban on Cluster Bombs Open in Dublin

propeller.com
May 20, 2008
        

Ireland convened diplomats from more than 100 countries Monday in hopes of negotiating a treaty banning cluster bombs, which have littered battlefields worldwide with potentially deadly "duds." However, the three biggest producers of cluster bombs - the United States, Russia and China - are...

                   

VIDEO BLOG: Global talks to ban cluster bombs (day 1)

alertnet.org
May 20, 2008
        

Written by: Cluster Munition Coalition Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. On day one of international negotiations to ban cluster bombs in Dublin hopes are high for a treaty that...

                   

Campaigners call for comprehensive ban on cluster bombs - Some states seek to keep stocks and to...

newswire.ca
May 20, 2008
        

DUBLIN, Ireland, May 20 /CNW Telbec/ - The call came as more than 100 governments began two weeks of final negotiations in Dublin, Ireland, on a new international treaty to ban cluster bombs. The treaty process was launched in Oslo, Norway in February 2007 when 46 nations agreed to conclude a...

                   

U.S. Skips International Conference to Ban Cluster Bombs

indybay.org
May 20, 2008
        

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 :Representatives of more than 100 governments are gathering in Dublin, Ireland for two weeks of talks aimed at finalizing a global treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs. But the United States - historically, the world?s largest producer, stockpiler, and user ofcluster bombs...

                   

Nations gather to ban cluster bombs

news.com.au
May 20, 2008
        

DUBLIN: UN chief Ban Ki-moon called yesterday for a "visionary" global deal to ban cluster bombs, as delegates from more than 100 countries opened a conference here aimed at outlawing the weapons. The 12-day talks in Dublin aim for an international pact to stop the use, production, transfer and...

                   

U.S. Skips International Conference to Ban Cluster Bombs

democracynow.org
May 20, 2008
        

Representatives of more than 100 governments are gathering in Dublin, Ireland for two weeks of talks aimed at finalizing a global treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs. But the United States - historically, the world’s largest producer, stockpiler, and user ofcluster bombs — won’t be at the...

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