President won’t sign treaty to ban land mines - The Boston Globe
Wed, 11/25/2009 - 8:55am — Mike
More than 150 countries have agreed to the Mine Ban Treaty’s provisions to end the production, use, stockpiling, and trade in mines. Besides the United States, holdouts include China, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, and Russia.
Human rights groups had expressed hopes that the Obama administration would sign the treaty.
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