Word: bans
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This may seem a familiar story. "Cluster bombs obviously have effects similar to land mines," said Marissa A. Vitagliano, coordinator for the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines. "We abhor them." Vitagliano agreed the situation is hauntingly reminiscent of the damage inflicted by the fields of abandoned land mines that remain around the globe...
When asked about gay rights, Bradley said he would end the ban on gays in the military and repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy--in which gays, although not required to disclose their sexual orientation when they enroll in the military, may still be discharged if they say they are homosexual...
Addressing Harvard's ROTC controversy--and the ire of some conservatives who feel that Harvard's federal funding should be cut because several Harvard faculties ban ROTC--Bradley said the problem would no longer exist in his administration...
When he took control of the Kenya Wildlife Service, it was close to collapse. Ivory poachers were killing hundreds of elephants annually, and staff morale was miserable. Leakey sacked corrupt rangers, brought in millions of dollars from international donors and helped enforce a ban on the ivory trade. "He has an ability to wake people up," says Joe Kioko, a deputy director at the Wildlife Service who has worked in Kenya's national parks for 31 years. "If you're good and get results, he'll give you all the support you need. But if you're useless, there...
...real test of the agreement will come the next time NATO troops confront armed Albanian irregulars. KFOR commander General Sir Michael Jackson has warned that anyone contravening the ban on weapons in the territory will be dealt with harshly. Reining in militant ethnic-Albanian nationalists is only half of NATO?s problem. Yugoslavia and Russia complain that NATO has failed to honor its agreement to allow a small number of Serb forces back into Kosovo to police borders and guard sensitive sites, and alliance commanders fear that Belgrade may have decided to take matters into its own hands: NATO reported...