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One death a minute: toll of the booming arms trade, By Cahal Milmo
10 October 2003
In Somalia, babies are named 'Uzi' and 'AK' after their fathers' favourite assault rifles. In Georgia, arms are so common that English teachers have been paid in hand grenades. In Yemen, the birth of a boy is greeted by tribal leaders with shouts of: 'We have increased by one gun.'"
Posted 8:17 AM
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BBC NEWS | UK | Charities campaign against arms trade: "A campaign against the world arms trade is being launched by the charities Oxfam and Amnesty International.
They argue the trade is out of control and that Britain and America have, if anything, relaxed their control since 11 September as they seek allies in the war on terror.
The charities' campaign for much stricter controls follows protests against Europe's largest arms fair, held in London's Docklands last month"
