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Mon. September 08, 2008

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By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - Campaigners seeking a ban on cluster bombs called on Georgia on Wednesday to renounce any further use of the weapons ...
By Reuters A Belgian peacekeeper was killed on Wednesday while clearing cluster bombs that Israel dropped on southern Lebanon during its 2006 war with ...
Along with Quakers, Survivor Corps is one of the lead organizations in the movement to ban cluster bombs and to assist the survivors of this dangerous and ...
At the same time, a report published in The Guardian revealed that Georgia has admitted to dropping cluster bombs during its attempt to regain control of ...

N.Kirtskhalia/ Georgian Defence Ministry denied the reports of Human Rights Watch (HRW) international organization that Georgia used cluster bombs against ...
cluster bombs, an issue that has drawn the attention of the European Parliament be fore, drew condemnation from an MEP and a leading activist group over ...
Although the Georgia Ministry of Defense has acknowledged using of cluster bombs, it said the bombs were not used in the populated areas. ...
Moscow, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) Georgian Defense Ministry recognized the use of cluster bombs to attack South Ossetia, in a letter sent to a human rights ...
GENEVA (AP): A human rights group said on Monday that Georgia _ as well as Russia _ dropped cluster bombs in the conflict over the breakaway province of ...
The company is focusing on cluster bombs dropped by the Northern army forces during the war time. Mundri had been one of the war devastated areas that was ...
According to Survivor Corps, Russia has dropped cluster bombs on civilian areas in the neighboring country of Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians and ...
After telling stories of their suffering families, and the use of cluster bombs against civilian residences by the Russian army, the group made an appeal to ...
DENVER - August 27 - Representatives of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines and cluster bombs are in Denver at the Democratic National Convention speaking to ...
Six cluster bombs, four air-bombs, five mortar shells of different calibers, six bullets for anti-aircraft guns and one detonator were found at the ...
Dropped from planes or fired from artillery, cluster bombs explode in mid-air, scattering bomblets, and pose a lasting threat as many bomblets fail to ...
Nukri Jokhadze, who heads Gori's main hospital, said that in the first five days, 27 civilians were killed and about 1200 wounded, mostly from cluster bombs ...
Six cluster bombs, four air-bombs, five mortar shells of different calibers, six bullets for anti-aircraft guns and one detonator were found at the ...
To date, UNMACC has identified 1056 cluster bomb-strike locations, spanning an area of over 42 million square meters. Many of these munitions were dropped ...
By ROBERT F. WORTH A lack of money is jeopardizing the effort to clear cluster bombs dropped by Israel in south Lebanon during its 2006 war with Hezbollah, ...
To date, UNMACC has identified 1056 cluster bomb-strike locations, spanning an area of over 42 million square meters. Many of these munitions were dropped ...
Tyre, Lebanon (Reuters) - Many of the 44 teams clearing cluster munitions scattered by Israel in south Lebanon during its 2006 war with Hezbollah will have ...
Five cluster bombs and two bombs from the Second World War were found on the demined area. State Secretary Jeftic was accompanied by the Defence Ministry's ...
the United States-based group Human Rights Watch says it has gathered first-hand evidence that Russia fired cluster bombs, killing civilians in the Georgian ...
UNIFIL's commander accused Israel of violating the resolution by flying over Lebanon, refusing to help remove unexploded cluster bombs fired during the ...
A vigil was held outside the Russian embassy in Dublin this afternoon to protest against the use of cluster bombs in the conflict over South Ossetia. ...
Civil society organisations are calling on Forum leaders to support the cluster munitions convention when it opens for signatures later this year. ...
During the first three days of the search, three cluster bombs dating back to the 1999 NATO bombing were found as well as one missile from World War II, ...
Human Rights Watch, which investigated the explosions, found they were caused by cluster bombs, not mortars as originally thought. ...
The international humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch announced that Russia used cluster bombs while fighting in Gori. A middle-aged Georgian man ...
NIŠ -- Russian demining experts have discovered 5 cluster bombs in the commercial section of Niš airport. They are continuing to search the terrain as ...
"The Russians have been using cluster bombs on civilian areas here in Georgia and Gori, and one of our concerns is that the danger is going to remain and ...
The group also reported the Russian use of cluster bombs in the Georgian town of Ruisi. Russian officials deny the use of cluster bombs. ...
Human Rights Watch said today it had collected evidence of Russian warplanes using cluster bombs against civilians in Georgia. military aircraft killed at ...
The campaign group Human Rights Watch also accused Russia of using cluster bombs in civilian areas. The organisation said warplanes had dropped RBK-250 ...
A human rights group, Human Rights Watch, said Friday that Russian aircraft had dropped cluster bombs in two separate raids on the towns of Ruisi and Gori ...
"It's quite shocking that in the year that 107 countries have agreed to ban cluster bombs, that the Russians are using them in this conflict now. ...
The group also reported the Russian use of cluster bombs in the Georgian town of Ruisi. Russian officials deny the use of cluster bombs. ...
In May, more than 100 countries banned the use of cluster bombs at a convention in Ireland. A cluster bomb contains many bombs which explode once touching ...
... with a cluster bomb, according to Human Rights Watch in a statement on Friday. The organisation claims it has proof that Russia used cluster bombs in ...
... van Bommel has asked Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen for clarification regarding reports of alleged use of cluster bombs by Russian forces in Georgia. ...

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