United Kingdom

20 November 2007: Negotiators 'not pushing PM's line' on cluster bombs ban

20 November 2007: Explainer: Cluster Bombs

17 November 2007: Cluster bombs: realism and reality.  Despite opposition from the US, Russia and China, a global effort to ban cluster munitions is gaining ground

13 November 2007: Brown commitment to cluster bomb ban makes treaty in 2008 "a near certainty"

07 November 2007: Clearing the Sahara's bombed berm (UK)

23 October 2007: Peace meeting invite

10 October 2007: Blast at UK-owned arms factory

09 October 2007: RAF Lakenheath Blockade

20 September 2007: Deadly Cluster Munitions on Offer

19 September 2007: The British government came under renewed pressure overnight to ban cluster bombs on the 10th anniversary of a treaty banning landmines worldwide.

18 September 2007: Agencies accuse UK government of reclassifying cluster bomb in order to beat the weapon’s ban

18 September 2007: Human rights groups accuse MoD of hypocrisy over cluster bombs

18 September 2007: Britain accused on cluster bombs

18 September 2007: Ban Cluster Bombs

17 September 2007: Churches call for Full Ban on Cluster Bombs (UK)

16 September 2007: British arms are killing the world's children:The Government signed up to the anti-personnel mines treaty, so why not call for a ban on cluster bombs, which are just as evil?

15 September 2007: Landmines claim brings new controversy at arms fair

14 September 2007: Fountain dyed blood red in protest

19 August 2007: Cluster bombers face City boycott (UK)

13 August 2007: UK 'damaged' by Lebanon war delay

02 August 2007: Can Diana's legacy end cluster bomb tragedies?

10 July 2007: Hermes probes BAE and EADS on cluster bombs

24 May 2007: The Guardian, "Small bombs, Big trouble"

17 May 2007: The Guardian, "Cluster bombs cause decades of harm, says study"

21 March 2007: Partial UK ban on cluster munitions falls short of target

19 March 2007: British forces banned from using 'dumb' cluster bombs

 

 
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