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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 29 > Britain drifts from U.S. on cluster bomb treaty

Britain drifts from U.S. on cluster bomb treaty

By John F. Burns / The Bulletin
May 29, 2008

LONDON — The draft of an international treaty to ban cluster munitions was adopted by a group of 111 nations on Wednesday in Dublin, Ireland, after Britain dropped its long-standing opposition to any limitations on the weapons.

The sudden shift by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is....

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