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In Lebanon, cluster bomb kills Syrian
 A Syrian national has been killed and two others have sustained injures after a cluster bomb exploded outside their home in eastern Lebanon. The three were Syrians, aged between 20 and 30, lived in the Rashaya district in the village of Yanta in Lebanon near the Syrian border, a security official said. The incident took place a day after two young Lebanese brothers were injured by another cluster bomb, on the 60th anniversary of the Geneva conventions. The 1949 Geneva conventions formally outlined international law on the protection of civilians, detainees, the wounded and humanitarian workers in conflicts. In May, Israel gave UN peacekeepers in Lebanon maps showing the location of over one million cluster munitions it had dropped during its devastating air war on Lebanon three summers ago. About 300 Lebanese civilians have since been killed or maimed by cluster bombs, according to the UN Mine Action Coordination Center. Posted by: Fred 2009-08-14 |
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