Cluster bomb trade funded by world's biggest banks

The Guardian by Nick Mathiason | Oct. 29, 2009 (News)

The deadly trade in cluster bombs is funded by the world's biggest banks who have loaned or arranged finance worth $20bn (£12.5bn) to firms producing the controversial weapons, despite growing international efforts to ban them. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct 29, 2009 - 12:37 AM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Oct 29, 2009 - 8:17 AM PDT

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