Tag: russia
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US, china & russia ♥ cluster bombs
from washington post: Forty-six countries agreed Friday to push for a global treaty banning cluster bombs, a move activists hope will force the superpowers that oppose the effort – the U.S., China and Russia – to abandon the weapons… Of the 49 countries attending the Oslo conference, only three – Japan, Poland and Romania -…
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riot cops detain hundreds of activists in moscow
from edmonton sun: Russian authorities pulled hundreds of opposition activists off buses and trains and detained them along with scores of others on Saturday ahead of a rare anti-government rally in Moscow, organizers said. The police action did not prevent more than 2,000 people from gathering in a central square, where leftist and liberal groups…