US Moves to Overturn Ban on Cluster Bombs

The U.S. is leading an effort to water down an international ban on cluster bombs, weapons that are widely considered to be inherently indiscriminate. The Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibits cluster munitions, requires the destruction of stockpiles within eight...

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Millions of Iraqi Widows Endure Daily Struggle

As U.S. forces begin to leave Iraq, an estimated 2 million widowed Iraqi women are struggling primary breadwinners of their households due to the deadly sectarian violence which erupted after the 2003 invasion. "I wish the war never happened and my husband was still...

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