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Docherty has been fighting cluster munitions since 2001, when she was hired by Human Rights Watch after graduating from the Law School. Her first assignment after the Sept. 11 attacks was to research the impact of cluster bombs on the war in Afghanistan. She said that it was this work in the field that gave her a true impression of how dangerous the weapons...

Author: By William N. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Activists Laud Weapons Treaty | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

Humanitarian activists from around the world celebrated in Oslo, Norway, last night after the signing of a treaty banning cluster munitions, arguably one of the most important weapons accords in recent memory. Ninety-four countries signed the treaty this week and four have already ratified...

Author: By William N. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Activists Laud Weapons Treaty | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

Almost 100 countries signed a treaty banning cluster bombs--large munitions filled with hundreds of smaller bomblets--on Dec. 3. Unexploded bomblets, which litter dozens of current and former war zones, can kill and maim civilians. Russia, China and the U.S. declined to participate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...Norway Cluster-Bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

Leopold Café has a row of wide arched doors that open to the busiest tourist street in Mumbai. There are a cluster of clubs around the corner; outside you can buy 10 different T-shirts that feature elephants or camels or many-armed gods...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: A New Coming of Age | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

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