Independent Online Edition > World Politics > Britain 'is blocking' cluster bomb ban

Independent Online Edition > World Politics > Britain 'is blocking' cluster bomb ban: "Campaigners will launch a campaign today to persuade the British Government to back a global ban on cluster bombs. The move coincides with the release of research suggesting that up to one million potentially lethal unexploded bomblets remain in Lebanon in the aftermath of the Israeli attacks on Hizbollah.

Activists accused Britain of blocking negotiations aimed at securing an international ban on cluster munitions when the international weapons' convention meets in Geneva next month." Read complete post here.