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Cluster Bomb Ban Treaty Approved
From BBC News:More than 100 nations have reached an agreement on a treaty which would ban current designs of cluster bombs. Diplomats meeting in Dublin agreed to back an international ban on the use of the controversial weapons following 10 days of talks. But some of the world's main producers and stockpilers - including the US, Russia and China - oppose the move. Prime Minister Gordon Brown called it a "big step forward to make the world a safer place". He announced earlier that Britain would be taking cluster bombs out of service. The final draft of the treaty went before delegates from a total of 109 countries on Wednesday afternoon.To read more about this development visit BBC News.
Published on June 2, 2008
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