Commencing today in Dublin at talks aimed at a worldwide ban on cluster munitions, weapons that are responsible for so many civilian deaths. That's the good news. The bad news is that my adopted country, the UK, wants to seriously water down the provisions and the country of my birth, the US, has joined China, India, Israel, Pakistan and Russia in not bothering to show up. Those five nations are responsible for the bulk of worldwide production and stocks.
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