More than 100 countries attending a conference in Dublin, Ireland formally adopted a treaty Friday to ban cluster bombs -- a large, unreliable and inaccurate weapon that often affects civilians long after the end of armed conflict.
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Though some of the biggest makers of cluster bombs, including the United States, Russia, China and Israel, were not involved in the talks and have not signed the accord, organizers predicted that those nations would nevertheless be pressured into compliance.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/eu...aty/index.html

So, is it really worth anything if the biggest users of cluster bombs aren't signing on?

What is the difference between a terrorist leaving a bomb on the ground to blow up children and a government leaving a bomb on the ground to blow up children?