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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3>The Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs: 19 April
2008<O></O></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Information session
& Film Screening: <U>Unacceptable Harm<O></O></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Monday, April 21,
6:30-7:30pm<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Emerson 101, Harvard
Yard<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Sponsored by
<ST1><ST1>Harvard</ST1> <ST1>College</ST1></ST1> Human Rights
Advocates<O></O></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 14.5pt">Campaigners launch Global Day of Action to ban
cluster bombs in support of first ever treaty</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN><FONT size=3>
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<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/campaigners-launch-global-day-action-ban-cluster-bombs-support-first-eve"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#800080
size=3>http://www.amnesty.<WBR>org/en/for-<WBR>media/press-<WBR>releases/<WBR>campaigners-<WBR>launch-global-<WBR>day-action-<WBR>ban-cluster-<WBR>bombs-support-<WBR>first-eve</FONT></U></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><A
href="http://fcnl.org/press/releases/www.fcnl.org"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#660000 size=3>The Friends Committee on National
Legislation</FONT></U></A><U><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">,</FONT></FONT></FONT></U></B></P><B><U><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><A
href="http://fcnl.org/press/releases/cluster_april040308.htm"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#800080
size=3><U>http://fcnl.<WBR>org/press/<WBR>releases/<WBR>cluster_april040<WBR>308.htm</U></FONT></A><BR><O></O></FONT></FONT></FONT></U></B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>On Friday, April 4, tens of
thousands of people in the United States and around the world will </FONT><A
href="http://www.mineaction.org/overview.asp?o=2147"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#660000 size=3>hold public
events</FONT></U></A><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> to raise awareness about the more than 70 countries
contaminated with landmines, cluster bomb submunitions, and other unexploded
ordnance. …<SPAN> </SPAN>The actions Friday will also serve as <U>the
kick-off in the <ST1><ST1>United States</ST1></ST1> for a month of action</U> in
support of a ban on cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians.
A global treaty process to ban cluster munitions is expected to be completed
during negotiations that will take place in <ST1><ST1>Dublin</ST1>,
<ST1>Ireland</ST1></ST1> during May 19-30, 2008. <U>The <ST1><ST1>United
States</ST1></ST1> government has so far refused to participate.
<O></O></U></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR>
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<H2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Congress Should Act on Cluster
Bombs<O></O></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H2><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines is urging every member
of Congress to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act
(S.594/H.R.1755) and to support adequate levels of assistance for demining and
aid to victims of landmines and other explosive remnants of war. This law would
prohibit the use of cluster munitions in civilian-populated areas. It would also
ban use of cluster munitions with high “dud rates,” meaning they leave behind
widely dispersed minefields of unexploded cluster bomb submunitions. All but a
tiny fraction of existing <ST1><ST1>U.S.</ST1></ST1> cluster munitions would be
banned under the legislation.<O></O></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">To increase support for
this legislation, the USCBL has declared April a month of action on cluster
munitions. More than 160 citizens from 40 states and the <ST1><ST1>District of
Columbia</ST1></ST1> have answered the call and agreed to take action in their
local communities. Actions range from a house party in <ST1>Arvada</ST1>,
<ST1>CO</ST1> to a de-mining fundraiser in a local Thai restaurant in <ST1>Iowa
City</ST1>, <ST1>IA</ST1> to a film showing and letter-writing in
<ST1><ST1>Philadelphia</ST1>, <ST1>PA.</ST1></ST1> Activists are also getting
the issue out into their congregations. More than 130 faith leaders in
<ST1><ST1>Pennsylvania</ST1></ST1> sent a letter to Senator Arlen Specter,
urging him to co-sponsor S.594. <O></O></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR>
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