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Cluster Bomb Treaty: Signing Begins to Bring Ban on Production

Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru Antonio Garcia Revilla signs a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs in Oslo today. Around 100 governments are expected to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions on Wednesday and Thursday in the Norwegian capital, though the big military powers and arms-producers, the United States, China, Russia, and others will be absent. (REUTERS/Lise Aserud/Scanpix)

OSLO - Governments from around the world today began signing an international convention banning the production of cluster bombs - unexploded canisters that have killed and maimed thousands of civilians and remain scattered dozen of countries.

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