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An Afghan teenager who lost both legs in a cluster bomb explosion helped persuade his country to change its stance and join nearly 100 nations in signing a treaty Wednesday banning the disputed weapons.
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Antonio Garcia Revilla, Peru’s Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, signs a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, in Oslo Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008. Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will...
