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July 28, 2010

One Man's Bomb is Another's Garden Hoe

by Karen J. Coates, GlobalPost, USA -.The International Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting all use, stockpiling, production and transfer of such weapons, comes into effect on Aug. 1. Villagers in Laos, meantime, continue to find creative ways to use scrap metal from these deadly munitions as part of their everyday lives.

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