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1. News - China

   China says UN arms treaty lacks consensus

   Posted Apr 03rd 2013, 06:29pm by AFP

   ... News China United Nations Arms Control Arms trade Agence France-Presse in Beijing There is no consensus on an international arms trade treaty, major weapons exporter China said on Wednesday, after it abstained as the UN General Assembly passed the measure by 154 votes to three. The only votes against the first treaty on the conventional arms trade were from Syria, North Korea ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1206289/china-says-un-arms-treaty-lacks-consensus
2. News - World - UNITED NATIONS

   UN adopts landmark treaty on global arms trade

   Posted Apr 03rd 2013, 02:46am by Agence France-Presse at the United Nations

   ... News World United Nations Arms Control Arms trade Agence France-Presse at the United Nations The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first UN treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade yesterday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands of terrorists, insurgent fighters and organised crime. The resolution ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1205873/un-adopts-landmark-treaty-global-arms-trade
3. News - World - BRITAIN

   Britain will look into claims ex-officers offered to lobby illicitly for arms firms

   Posted Oct 15th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Britain Military Arms trade Lobbying Agence France-Presse in London Britain's defence ministry ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1061030/britain-will-look-claims-ex-officers-offered-lobby-illicitly-arms-firms
4. News - World - RUSSIA

   Russia, Iraq eye new partnership on PM’s visit

   Posted Oct 09th 2012, 06:44pm by Agence France-Presse in Moscow

   ... Arms trade Agence France-Presse in Moscow Russia on Tuesday sought to take ties with Iraq to a new level as it hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for the first time in four years with an eye on a mega arms deal and harmony over the Syria crisis. The conflict ripping Syria apart ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1057097/russia-iraq-eye-new-partnership-pms-visit
5. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Benigno Aquino turns on ally over police guns deal

   Posted Sep 12th 2012, 12:00am by Raissa Robles

   ... Philippine President Benigno Aquino has revealed that he scrapped a 392-million peso (HK$72.9 million) police arms deal after he went online and found, at half the price, guns the force preferred ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1034444/benigno-aquino-turns-ally-over-police-guns-deal
6. News - Asia - ARMS TRADE

   Chinese delegates attend India aviation trade show for first time

   Posted Feb 07th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Aero India 2013 Aviation China India Arms trade Agence France-Presse in Bangalore Visit to aviation trade event is a first, and follows agreement to resume joint military exercises India, the world's leading importer of weaponry, opened one of Asia's biggest aviation trade shows on Wednesday, with Western suppliers eyeing lucrative deals and a Chinese ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1144830/chinese-delegates-attend-india-aviation-trade-show-first-time
7. The arms trade delivers to Lebanon

   Posted Jul 28th 2006, 12:00am by Michael Richardson

   ... Politics Arms Control Michael Richardson When a radar-guided cruise missile slammed into an Israeli naval gunboat helping to enforce Israel's blockade of Lebanon this month it came ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/558261/arms-trade-delivers-lebanon
8. News - Hong Kong - SMUGGLING

   Customs seize HK$2.7m weapons haul bound for India

   Posted Jan 07th 2013, 12:00am by Phila Siu, Jennifer Ngo

   ... News Hong Kong Smuggling Weapons Arms trade Customs Department Law Enforcement Phila Siu and Jennifer Ngo Customs officers have seized a stash of weapons and suspected fake items worth HK$2.7 million bound for India from a vessel entering Hong Kong from the mainland. A department spokesman said that officers seized 1,000 pepper sprays, 50 stun guns, 400 knuckle-dusters and 250 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1121543/customs-seize-hk27m-weapons-haul-bound-india
9. News - China - SINO-US RELATIONS

   China hits out anew at US bill on Taiwan arms sales, Diaoyus

   Posted Dec 24th 2012, 12:00am by BLOOM

   ... said. The amendment calling for the sale of advanced fighter jets to Taiwan broke previous pledges made by the US to phase out arms sales to the island, it added. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1111735/china-hits-out-anew-us-bill-taiwan-arms-sales-diaoyus
10. News - World - SYRIA

    Russia plays down uproar over Syria arms sales

    Posted May 17th 2013, 11:48pm by AFP

    ... global pressure over its arms supplies to the Damascus regime. Ban met Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before starting talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about an impending international ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1240228/russia-does-not-understand-uproar-over-syria-arms-sales

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