92 Nations Sign Cluster-Bomb Ban; US, Russia Don't

"The cluster bomb treaty will save countless lives by stigmatizing a weapon that kills civilians even after the fighting ends," said Steve Goose, arms director of Human Rights Watch.

Local experts of The Halo Trust de-mining charity in Georgia, look for unexploded cluster ordinance...

Local experts of The Halo Trust de-mining charity in Georgia, look for unexploded cluster ordinance which were used in August fighting in the conflict between Russia and Georgia in the Georgian village of Akhaldaba in this Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, photo. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

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Associated Press writer Shawna Ohm in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

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