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Congress Takes Action on Cluster Bombs, Child Soldiers WASHINGTON -- Human-rights and humanitarian groups are hailing provisions of a major appropriations bill approved by Congress this week that bans the export of most U.S.-made cluster bombs and U.S. military aid for foreign governments that use child soldiers.The two provisions -- which were tucked into a mammoth 560-billion-dollar 2008 omnibus spending bill -- marked important victories for the groups, which have made both issues a major legislative priority.

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Congress Takes Action on Cluster Bombs, Child Soldiers

WASHINGTON -- Human-rights and humanitarian groups are hailing provisions of a major appropriations bill approved by Congress this week that bans the export of most U.S.-made cluster bombs and U.S. military aid for foreign governments that use child soldiers.The two provisions -- which were tucked into a mammoth 560-billion-dollar 2008 omnibus spending bill -- marked important victories for the groups, which have made both issues a major legislative priority.