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16 October 2006	Global arms pact needed to reduce conflict -campaign AlertNet
4 October 2006	Zola throws his voice behind weapons ban Tonight (South Africa)
4 October 2006	Uganda: Deadly Arms Entering Uganda, Says Report allAfrica.com (The Monitor, Uganda)
3 October 2006	Uganda Identified by Control Arms Campaign Report as "Sensitive" Destination Uganda Conflict Action Network
27 May 2006	IDS backs amnesty Epping Forest Guardian (UK)
6 May 2006	Actor in arms protest face campaign ic Scotland
25 March 2006	Half the world's small arms supply, 40 million guns Outlook India
13 March 2006	Dunblane father's anti-gun effort BBC
4 February 2006	It seems we'll never beat swords into ploughshares Jamaica Observer
21 January 2006	Oxfam-West Africa joins cry for global treaty on arms trade Angola Press
9 January 2006	UN urged to control arms trade Jamaica Gleaner
9 January 2006	Govt urged to support efforts to regulate arms trade IOL (Eire)
9 January 2006	Charities Call For New Global Regulations On Arms Sales Dow Jones News (US)
9 January 2006	Call for arms trade treaty talks The Guardian (UK)
9 January 2006	Comienza reunión preparatoria conferencia sobre armas pequeñas Prensa Latina
9 January 2006	Amnistía, IANSA y Oxfam reclaman a los Gobiernos que impulsen en 2006 el Tratado sobre Comercio de Armas Terra España
8 January 2006	UN must act to control arms trade: campaigners Reuters
8 January 2006	Arms trade controls have failed to protect civilians Yahoo News
6 January 2006	2006: Critical year for achieving Arms Trade Treaty ReliefWeb
5 December 2005	Campaña por el control del comercio de armas La Journada (Mexico)
4 December 2005	NRA snag for Cage as arms curbs icon The Guardian (UK)
14 November 2005	World idol Manila Times (Philippines)
6 November 2005	Gun trade flourishes at border points Sunday Monitor (Uganda)
31 March 2005	Controlar proliferación de armas previene feminicidio Cimac (Mexico)
22 March 2005	Curbing arms trade Times (UK)
18 March 2005	'Too Easy' to Get Hold of Guns The Scotsman
15 March 2005	Britain to seek world support for arms trade pact Reuters
15 March 2005	Straw Arms Watch Plan The Mirror (UK)
15 March 2005	U.K.'s Straw Calls for Global Arms Trade Treaty Bloomberg
15 March 2005	Britain to Seek World Support for Arms Trade Pact KeralaNet
15 March 2005	British FM calls again for conventional weapons treaty XinhuaNet
15 March 2005	UK tries to secure treaty to regulate global arms trade Taipei Times
11 March 2005	Women Face Increasing Dangers From Global Gun Trade Join Together
10 March 2005	This world of guns Trinidad and Tobago Express
10 March 2005	Women Activists Face Off With Gun Merchants Inter Press Service
10 March 2005	US: The Multi-Billion Dollar Trade That Puts Women in the Firing Line Kansas City Info-Zine
8 March 2005	Worldwide march for women's rights iafrica.com
8 March 2005	South Africa: Women With Guns To Their Heads IRIN
8 March 2005	'Women have to pick up pieces after violence' Independent (South Africa)
7 March 2005	Report: Women Suffer Greatly From Gun Violence VOA News
7 March 2005	Multi-billion Dollar Trade Puts Women at Risk Scoop (New Zealand)
7 March 2005	Activists Call For Global Gun Controls Reuters
7 March 2005	South Africa: Gun Amnesty 'Good, But Not Enough' Sunday Times
7 March 2005	South Africa: Report Says One In Three Women Killed By Husbands Are Shot Mail & Guardian
21 February 2005	MP calls for arms treaty Cambridge News (UK)
11 February 2005	City pupils in the frame Belfast Telegraph
5 January 2005	Arms kill: One person in one minute The Rising Nepal
2 December 2004	Bieber gun 'part of bogus batch' BBC
9 October 2004	Campaigners demand Arms Trade Treaty AlertNet
1 October 2004	Labour At Brighton: 'Yes' To Arms Treaty Call The Mirror (UK)
1 October 2004	Jack Straw’s ‘major move’ on arms control Scoop (New Zealand)
30 September 2004	Britain backs arms treaty calls BBC
30 September 2004	Straw Pledges Backing for Arms Trade Treaty Campaign The Scotsman
22 September 2004	How effective are our firearm laws? New Vision (Uganda)
28 July 2004	South Africa: Calls Made for Tougher Gun Control IPS News Agency
12 July 2004	CHRR Calls for Govt's Support in Controlling Arms The Chronicle (Malawi - allAfrica.com)
10 July 2004	Week of action against small arms strikes a chord in Lebanon The Daily Star (Lebanon)
10 July 2004	World toasts global week of action against small arms Times of Zambia
10 July 2004	Replicas crushed in gun protest The Guardian (UK)
10 July 2004	Govt all fired up for gun act news24.com (South Africa)
10 July 2004	In fight to rid the world of its 640m guns, it's a start Leeds Today
10 July 2004	Campaign Has Arms Traders In Its Sights This is Bristol
10 July 2004	'Help Us Stamp Out Gun Crime' This is Nottingham
9 July 2004	Let's put guns in the firing line The Scotsman
9 July 2004	Guns crushed in protest action This is Local London
9 July 2004	Campaigners Crush Guns Sky News (UK)
9 July 2004	Replica guns crushed in protest BBC
22 June 2004	Oxfam plea for arms-sales curbs to poorest nations Scotsman (UK)
22 June 2004	Arms exporters 'ignoring promises about poverty' Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa)
22 June 2004	Arms-selling nations 'harm UN goals' Financial Times (UK)
22 June 2004	Arms exporters 'ignoring promises about poverty' Guardian (UK)
22 June 2004	Oxfam Questions Globe's Guns or Growth Policies Scoop (New Zealand)
22 June 2004	Call for treaty to curb arms sales WestLothian.co.uk (UK)
17 June 2004	Anti-gun campaign in photo appeal Glasgow Evening Times
14 April 2004	Stevenson joins Oxfam's arms campaign The Buchan Observer
29 March 2004	Wycombe MP joins campaign to tighten arms controls Bucks Free Press
27 March 2004	Government urged over arms treaty BBC
24 March 2004	Manx Faces Support Gun Petition Isle of Man Online
25 February 2004	UK govt's relaxation causing arms sales to HR abusers Hi Pakistan
	UK arms components export 'puts lives at risk': report 4ni.co.uk
	Brits dodge arms bans News 24 (South Africa)
	Blair 'misled MPs on arms controls' South London Press (UK)
	Is the UK selling arms to Zimbabwe? Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
	Charity condemns British arms exports Aljazeera
	Oxfam: UK has hidden arms trade CNN
	Britain sold deadly weapons to rogues Indian Express
	'UK arms firms are selling to Zimbabwe' Sunday Times (South Africa)
	'UK's double standards mean death for many' IOL (South Africa)
	UK "sold weapons parts" to abusers Reuters
24 February 2004	Charities warn of arms trade 'loophole' The Guardian (UK)
23 February 2004	Amnesty International: Preventing Police from Misusing Their Guns Join Together
23 February 2004	Standards to prevent misuse World News.com
3 February 2004	Tomb to lay down arms say students Evening Post (Reading, UK)
18 January 2004	Guns and grenades kill one person per minute, Oxfam head says CJAD (Canada)
18 January 2004	Campaign launched to control small arms trade The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
28 December 2003	Small weapons used for mass destruction: Irene Khan Arms trade in Garb of war on terror The New Nation (Bangladesh)
24 December 2003	'This Life' Star in Arms Control Call The Scotsman
24 December 2003	Daniela on city streets in call for world peace Evening Times Online (Scotland)
11 December 2003	Grave protest against gun crime ic Birmingham
10 December 2003	European Human Rights Groups Appeal for Control of Arms Trade VOA News
	Brazil gun laws are toughest in South America Miaimi Herald
	The International Human Rights Day sees world support build for international Arms Trade Treaty UN Observer
	Lament Of The Poor Demands Cutting Down Sales Of Arms ic NorthernIreland
	Celebs Call On Govt To Back Arms Trade Treaty Hindustan Times
	UK faces legal challenge over arms exports IOL (South Africa). Also in AlertNet and MSNBC (US)
	FO faces court over arms to Indonesia The Guardian (UK)
	Fischer nennt Umsetzung der Menschenrechte unbefriedigend Solms-Braunfelser
	Por el control de las armas Diario de Noticias
	La ONU denuncia violaciones "escandalosas" de los derechos humanos Madrid Press (Spain)
	Amnistía Internacional e Intermón abogan por un Tratado Internacional sobre Comercio de Armas Granada Digital (Spain)
	Crónica DDHH.- Amnistía Internacional e Intermón abogan por un Tratado Internacional sobre Comercio de Armas Europa Press. Also in Ceres TV (Spain)
	A Million Times: No The Mirror (UK)
	VIEWPOINT: Oxfam chief calls for small arms treaty AlertNet
	Close Gun Law Loopholes - Simpson This is Nottingham
	Politicians and campaigners mark Human Rights Day ePolitix
	Thousands Demand Arms Trade Treaty Scotsman.com
9 December 2003	Great Lakes MPs Oppose Small Arms New Vision (Uganda)
3 December 2003	BAE Systems' Dirty Dealings khilafa.com
21 November 2003	Gun Point The American Prospect
15 November 2003	Guns in their sites New Zealand Listener
14 November 2003	Amnesty urges Brazil's Lula to tackle human rights Alertnet
8th November 2003	Our man in Uganda The Independent
1st November 2003	Arms Sales in the Cross Hairs Zenit News Agency
28th October 2003	Uganda: Guns Replace Spears in the North - Report New Vision (Registration required)
23rd October 2003	How can we end the misery created by the global arms trade? Online Opinion (Australia)
23rd October 2003	Music: Amnesty International takes over the ICA Financial Times (Registration may be necessary)
22nd October 2003	Começa campanha mundial para dar adeus às armas GuiaExpresso
20th October 2003	City Bid to Control Deadly Arms Trade Bath Chronicle (UK)
	New campaign aims to limit Britain's trade in arms Sheffield Today (UK)
	War On Illicit Small Arms Now Targets Local Communities allAfrica.com (African Church Information Service)
	Articles show trend toward gun control Frontiersman
19th October 2003	Millions lined up to be shot by Amnesty Sunday Herald (UK)
18th October 2003	Op-ed: The bigger problem: WID Daily Times (Pakistan)
	Travis 'Turn' up for Amnesty NME (UK)
16th October 2003	El comercio de armas fuera de control Argentina Indymedia
15th October 2003	El comercio de armas fuera de control Argentina Indymedia
14th October 2003	International Campaign Underway To Curb Small Arms Join Together
13th October 2003	Neighbours Bring Arms to Uganda, Says Rugunda allAfrica.com (New Vision, Kampala)
	Campaña “Armas bajo control” Muheres Hoy
	Face up to Arms Trade, Urge Campaigners Bath Chronicle
12th October 2003	The Fight Against the Arms Trade Salt Lake Tribune
	Limitar el comercio de armas La Nacion (Argentina)
11th October 2003	Arms sales fuelled by logic of my enemy's enemy is my friend Sydney Morning Herald
	Small Arms control as a peace factor Daily News (Sri Lanka)
	Slaughter in Uganda The Mirror (UK)
	Rights groups call for war on arms sales Taipei Times
	One death a minute: toll of the booming arms trade khilafah.com
10th October 2003	Weapons campaign Belfast Telegraph
	Más control sobre armas pequeñas... ahora El Comercio
	Amnistía Internacional e Intermón Oxfam lanzan la campaña 'Armas bajo Control' en 60 países El Mundo
	Ongs pedem união contra venda de armas Jornal do Brasil (Portugese)
	Groups seek treaty to ban small arms Gulf Daily News
	Pause for thought in a deadly world The Times (UK)
	Stop the Gun Trade Terrorising Kid's Lives The Mirror (UK) Op Ed by Jamie Theakston
	Say no to Murder Inc. Globe and Mail (Canada) Op Ed by Helen Mirren
	Campaign to clamp down on arms trade Scotsman.com
	Human rights groups want stricter controls on weapons exports ABC online (Australia)
	Lanka too in global control arms campaign Daily News
	Amnesty: EU Code of Conduct on arms exports not working EurActiv.com
	Charities Fight 'Real Weapons of Mass Destruction' Deutshe Welle
	Tighter controls on small arms exports sought Financial Times
	8,000 Illicit Firearms Are Destroyed in Crackdown allAfrica.com (The Nation)
	War on terror fuels small arms trade The Guardian
	Trafalgar Square goes into mourning The Telegraph (UK)
	Global campaign for small arms control Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
	One death a minute: toll of the booming arms trade The Independent (UK)
9th October 2003	Charities launch campaign against arms trade San Francisco Chronicle (also Newsday, Akron Beacon Journal, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Biloxi Sun Herald, Charlton Port Courier, Macon Telegraph, Tuscaloosana News and Wichita Eagle)
	Con un muerto cada minuto en el mundo, basta con armas de fuego Egalicia Noticias
	La enemiga del revolver El Comercio
	Dunblane Father Condemns Duncan Smith Shooting Remarks The Scotsman
	Amnesty, Oxfam target arms trade Globe and Mail (Canada)
	Poverty, Insecurity Fuel Small Arms Trade Inter Press Service (Kenya)
	Human Rights Groups Propose Treaty on Small Arms Trade Voice of America
	Charities Campaign Against Arms Trade Common Dreams
	Groups call for halt to arms trade CBC News (Canada)
	Amnesty, Oxfam launch quest for treaty ban on light weapons chanelnewsasia.com
	Drive launched for tough arms control Aljazeera
	Campaign Launched to Regulate Arms Trade The Guardian
	With a death a minute, farewell to arms sought AlertNet
	Charities launch arms campaign The Guardian
	Charities' plea to curb arms trade The Scotsman
	World: Humanitarian Groups Seek Arms Control Treaty For Light Weapons Radio Free Europe (Czech Republic)
	Charities campaign against arms trade BBC
	Amnesty, Oxfam in arms quest News 24 (South Africa)
Date not available	Child victims of the arms trade icsouthlondon.co.uk

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