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Britain joins a draft treaty to ban cluster munitions

May 29, 2008
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The draft of a treaty to ban cluster munitions was adopted by a group of 111 nations on Wednesday in Dublin after Britain dropped its longstanding opposition to any limitations on the weapons. The sudden shift by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is under pressure to combat his Labor Party's... [read full story]                    

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