UN Arms Trade Treaty 'Full of Holes'
<div class='node-body'><p>As the UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the global arms trade comes to a close today, activists say that the treaty doesn't go far enough and is full of holes while powerful gun interests in the U.S. are fighting back against regulation.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/controlarms/7645487992/" title="USA/ by controlarms, on Flickr"><span class="image-right" style="width: 275px"><img alt="USA/" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/7645487992_df468a1b83_n.jpg" style="width: 275px; height: 182px;" title="(photo: Control Arms Coalition)" /><span class="caption">(photo: Control Arms Coalition)</span></span></a></p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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