GENEVA (Reuters) - Talks to tighten rules on cluster bombs that resumed in Geneva on Monday are simply a distraction from a separate treaty to ban the weapons entirely that is being boycotted by major powers, campaigners said.
Over 100 countries agreed in May to ban cluster munitions -- which campaigners say have killed or maimed tens of thousands of civilians -- and are due to sign a treaty in Oslo next month.
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