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Cluster bomb ban: common sense and common humanity prevail say campaigners
30 May 2008
Comprehensive ban on cluster bombs agreed today in Dublin by 111 states. It commits states to destroy all stockpiles within eight years, including foreign stockpiling, and means stocks in US bases in the UK will have to be cleared. The political stigma of the weapons' use will put pressure on non-signatories.

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Counting the cost- The economic impact of cluster munition contamination in Lebanon
27 May 2008
This report seeks to estimate and project the economic cost of cluster munition contamination resulting from the 2006 conflict in Lebanon.

Each year, up to 20,000 new casualties are caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance: around 1,500 a month and 40 a day.

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