guest_writer 0 2008-06-06T00:00:00Z The case of Laos shows the extreme need for the new international ban on cluster bombs. Thirty years after the last bomb was dropped there in the secret war on Vietnam's `other theatre', the Laotians treat the unexploded ordnance as a natural resource to be exploited, dangerously, for its metal content. Angela 52411 false 2008-06-05T15:32:49Z Robson 0 17848 0 1 Laos Deadly Harvest war-scrap-is-a-resource-like-wood-or-bamboo-by-angela-robson Le Monde diplomatique http://MondeDiplo.com/2008/06/09laos Laos Reaps a Deadly Harvest 2009-09-25T12:32:18Z 14153