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US Remains a Holdout on Cluster Bomb Treaty
Human Rights Watch has reported that some signatories to the Cluster Bomb Convention banning the weapons are searching for loopholes in the wording so that they can participate in joint military operations with the... Sri Lankan troops hunting down East for stray tiger terrorists
Having convinced tat the saying " A good terrorist is a dead terrorist" Sri Lankan army is hunting down the remaining stray LTTE terrorists in the Eastern part of the country. " The military in Sri Lanka said Saturday that at least two Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in a... US Out of Step on Cluster Bomb Ban
A report "Banning Cluster Munitions: Government Policy and Practice" released jointly by Human Rights Watch, Landmine Action and Landmine Monitor points out that 96 signatories to the Convention on... Nations sign cluster bomb treaty
The begining phases of the ratifcation of a treaty to ban cluster bombs have begun, with the intial signatures being made. Cluster bombs can be particularly damaging to civilians because they spread out so far and they can lay unexploded for some time."The first of more...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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President Halonen: No Anti-Cluster Bomb Accord For Finland Soon
"President Tarja Halonen says it seems likely that Finland will not immediately be signing up to the Oslo agreement, which bans the use of cluster bombs."Finland's neighbour Russia is not going to remove up it's cluster bombs nor land mines. Russia attacked against it's other...Measured Response
" Israel may have violated agreements with Washington on the use of US-made cluster bombs in its war with Hizbullah in Lebanon last summer, the state department said today."U.S: Israel may have misused cluster bombs
"Israel's use of U.S.-made cluster bombs in last year's war in Lebanon may have violated agreements with the United States governing their use, the State Department said Monday."Leahy-Feinstein Bill to Limit use and Sale of Cluster Bombs
Clear Path International has announced it supports a bill to be introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Diane Feinstein (D-California) that would restrict the use of cluster bombs by the United...United States Helps to Clear Lebanon of Explosive Remnants of War
<q>The United States is committed to reducing the risk to Lebanese civilians posed by explosive remnants of war. From 1998 to the recent conflict, the inter-agency U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Program invested more than $17 million dollars to rid Lebanon of...Soldiers Leave, But Deadly Duds Remain
"Although Israeli troops have largely completed their withdrawal from the south of Lebanon, tens of thousands of unexploded cluster bombs remain behind. Israel has been slow to help recover them."
created by conneticutkati | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Le fantôme de Bush au francophone
"George Bush and the White House were not at the Francophonie summit in Romania, but their hand puppet was....PM opposes resolution at La Francophonie summit"Numbers Posted on Injuries & Deaths in Vietnam From War Era Ordnance since J...
Since January 1, 2006, Clear Path International has responded to incidents involving 73 different victims ranging in severity from minor injury to death. Ages of victims over this period were as low as four years...It's time to outlaw these ruthless killers
On cluster bombs: "It's time to outlaw these ruthless killers"Israeli Cluster Bombs Litter South Lebanon Endangering Children
Hussein had been outside playing in a field behind his house picking up “toys”. The bucket shown below is his proud collection of U.S. M-42 cluster bomblets. Some boys think the M-42’s are “lighters”...IAF destroys weapons storehouse in the Gaza Strip US investigates
IAF bombed a weapons storehouse in the Gaza Strip on Friday night. Palestinian sources said that two people were injured lightly in the strike. The storehouse, destroyed by the strike, was located in a domestic home belonging to a Hamas member. The State Department is...Top Members Today
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