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VOICES HEARD Hibakusha hail draft of latest move to outlaw nuclear weaponsMay 24, 2017 Atomic bomb survivors as well as the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki expressed delight that the draft of a proposed international convention to ban nuclear weapons refers to hardships endured by hibakusha.
MOST AMONG SIGNATORIES 4 Japanese firms fund cluster bomb makers despite treatyMay 24, 2017 Four Japanese financial institutions have invested in or loaned money to cluster bomb manufacturers, despite Japan being a signatory to the treaty that regulates the weapons, the international nongovernmental organization Pax revealed.

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: Hibakusha hail draft of latest move to outlaw nuclear weapons
: 4 Japanese firms fund cluster bomb makers despite treaty
: Priest among 14 hostages taken in siege of southern Philippines city

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