Banning the Bombs

More than 100 countries this week signed up to a landmark international convention rejecting the use of cluster bombs - particularly unpleasant weapons which can remain unexploded and kill or cripple civilians for years after a war has ended. They were used by both sides during the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia - neither of whom signed the convention. The United States and other major arms-producing nations didn't sign either, although Britain, which used cluster munitions in Iraq, did join the call for a worldwide ban - a sign that things can change. This is my report for Al Jazeera from villages on the edge of South Ossetia where de-miners are clearing up Russian and Georgian cluster munitions. There's more on the campaign to ban these weapons here.