Swiss sign treaty banning cluster bombs
Switzerland has formally agreed to an international pact banning cluster bombs, moving the country closer to eliminating an inventory of around 200,000 munitions.
The Convention on Cluster Munitions, signed at a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday, lacks the support of the world's big users and producers including the United States, China and Russia, who have so far refused to endorse the agreement. ...»
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