Japan wants partial ban on cluster bombs: media http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUST26185220071103
Sat Nov 3, 2007
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will propose a partial ban on cluster bombs as a compromise between countries demanding a total ban and arms producers such as China and Russia that oppose such a move, media reported on Saturday. Delegates from around the world will meet in Geneva this month to review a treaty on the use of cluster bombs, which maim or kill thousands of civilians every year.
Nearly 70 countries have pledged to support a ban, but the United States, Russia and China are not among them. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUST26185220071103