Banning Cluster Bombs

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "46 of 49 nations OK ban on cluster bombs," by Doug Mellgren--

Forty-six nations adopted a declaration Friday calling for a 2008 treaty banning cluster bombs, saying the weapons kill and maim long after conflicts end and inflict "unacceptable harm" on civilians, particularly children.

Some key arms makers — including the U.S., Russia, Israel and China — snubbed the conference of 49 nations. Of those attending, Poland, Romania and Japan did not approve the final text.

--Posted by Southern Illinois Fosamax lawyer and Southern Illinois Fosamax abogado T. Evan Schaeffer of the Alton Illinois personal injury law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.