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31 August 2004	Global arms sales drop again, Asia biggest market SABCnews.com
31 August 2004	Uganda: Group says rebels ready to talk IRIN
30 August 2004	South Africa: Mark Thatcher Admits To Being An Arms Dealer Pretoria News
30 August 2004	Ghana: Public Awareness Campaign Launched Accra Mail
30 August 2004	Small arms and the growing cancer of violence The Financial Express (Bangladesh)
27 August 2004	Argentina: 100,000 Marchers Demand Tougher Penalties For Carrying Illegal Guns Bloomberg.com
27 August 2004	Ghana: Commission Begins Survey On Small Arms Ghana News Agency
27 August 2004	India: Mumbai Police Concerned About Gun Laws In Other States The Times of India
26 August 2004	GREAT LAKES: DRC, Rwanda and Uganda agree on armed groups' disarmament IRIN
24 August 2004	Title: Over 1000 arms destroyed in KZN BuaNews (South Africa)
24 August 2004	Amnesty last chance for gun owners The Australian
24 August 2004	Llamado a ser críticos ante controversia sobre armas largas El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico)
23 August 2004	Anger Over Gun Licence Law Sparks Protest IOL (South Africa)
22 August 2004	Assault-gun ban unlikely Indystar.com
22 August 2004	New ways to end gun troubles East African Standard
21 August 2004	Debate Over Gun Control Rages On Toronto Star
20 August 2004	Ugandan, Kenyan lawmakers meet on border conflicts, arms trade China View
20 August 2004	Scotland: Police report rise in gun alerts BBC
20 August 2004	Brazil: Civil Disarmament Campaign Could Be Wildly Successful IPS News
20 August 2004	Clan war puts local leaders in sharp focus The Daily Nation (Kenya - Registration Required)
20 August 2004	Crime And What To Do About It The Namibian
19 August 2004	18 000 illegal firearms destroyed in Boksburg SABC News
17 August 2004	Letter from America: The gun culture counts in presidential politics IHT
17 August 2004	Body Wants Better SADC Gun Control New Era (Namibia)
17 August 2004	Brazil's Gun for Cash Drive Is a Hit Brazzil Magazine
17 August 2004	Burundi blames Congo 'invaders' for massacre The Australian
17 August 2004	Top La. prosecutors warn of penalties for illegal guy purchases Sun Herald (US)
16 August 2004	Massacre May Impact Progress on Burundi Peace Agreement VOANews
16 August 2004	Armas en el hogar: durmiendo con el enemigo Cuyo Noticias (Agentina)
15 August 2004	Teen 'Mafia' Feared Sunday Mail (Aus)
14 August 2004	Unenforced Gun Laws Boston Globe
14 August 2004	Armed Police Incidents Treble As Replica Guns Flood Streets The Scotsman
14 August 2004	State agrees to host arms meet Fiji Times
14 August 2004	Burundi Hutu Rebel Group Claims Responsibility for Refugee Camp Massacre VOA News
13 August 2004	Shooting Victim Is Outbid for O.C. Gun Maker LA TImes (Registration Required)
12 August 2004	Hard Truths and Myths About Assault Weapons LA TImes (Registration Required)
12 August 2004	Illegal Gun Sales Philadelphia Inquirer
12 August 2004	Brazilian Soccer Great Ronaldo To Shoot Against Poverty In UN Campaign For Haiti UN News Centre
11 August 2004	Darfur: New Atrocities Disprove Khartoum’s Claims Human Rights Watch
11 August 2004	Stop the guns targeting aid workers Globe and Mail (Canada)
10 August 2004	Joined against hate crimes L.A. Daily News
9 August 2004	Gunned down / The inspector general scolds his own Justice Department Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
9 August 2004	Misreading the truth in Sudan IHT
6 August 2004	SUDAN: UN, gov't sign deal on disarming militias in Darfur IRIN
6 August 2004	An assault on good sense Chicago Daily Tribune (Registration Required)
5 August 2004	Botswana to be clear of illicit arms Daily News (Botswana)
4 August 2004	Burma: The Arms Keep Coming - But Who Pays? The Irrawaddy
3 August 2004	Tragic incidents show S. Africa must reduce guns in circulation Detroit Free Press
3 August 2004	Gunrunning Out of Iraq IWPR
1 August 2004	COTE D IVOIRE: Peace summit sees disarmament starting in October IRIN
1 August 2004	Even U.S. is buying Kalashnikovs saukvalley.com