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U.N. states fail to reach global arms trade treaty
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Source: USA Today
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A U.N. treaty to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade will have to wait after member states failed to an reach agreement, and some diplomats and supporters blamed the United States for the unraveling of the monthlong negotiating conference.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-07-27/un-arms-trade-treaty/56546258/1
More details at the link.
I expected more from this. But I cannot say I'm surprised at the news.
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