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Special report: Israel, Lebanon agree on
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STOCKHOLM, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- UN Relief Work
Coordinator, Norway's Jan Egeland, has strongly criticized Israel's use of
cluster bombs in Lebanon, according to reports reaching here from Oslo on
Thursday.
UN experts have so far found 100,000 undetonated
cluster bombs in more than 350 spots in Lebanon, Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK)
reported.
Egeland accused Israel of having dropped many of the
cluster bombs in the last hours before the ceasefire became effective.
"Ninety percent of the cluster bombs were dropped
over Lebanon during the last hours of the conflict, when we knew there would be
a solution," Egeland said to NRK.
"The bombs have affected large areas of agriculture
land and private homes," according to Egeland.
On Wednesday, NRK reported that the cluster bombs
with which the Norwegian defense forces are equipped, are among the 12 worst in
the world.
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said that the
Government had decided that Norway would remove these cluster bombs from its
arsenals. Enditem
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Annan denounces Israel
use of cluster bombs
AMMAN, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan denounced here on Thursday during a
news conference the Israel's use of cluster bombs during the war between Israel
and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas.
After his talks with Jordan's
King Abdullah II, Annan said that "those kinds of weapons should not be used in
civilian and populated areas".
Jan Egeland, the UN emergency
relief coordinator, has earlier accused Israel of immoral use of deadly cluster
bombs during Lebanon conflict. Full
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