By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: August 16, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. A London man faces charges that he tried to bring a missile into the United States. American of

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Viktor Bout, a former Soviet military officer accused by the United States of offering to sell weapons to terrorist groups, appeared in federal court in New York on Thursday. Bout's lawyer asked the government to provide his client with better prison

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Civil Society Pushing for Arms Trade Treaty Final negotiations begin in July on the Arms Trade Treaty. The agreement would control the global trade in conventional weapons from rifles to tanks to warships. This week, the last round of preliminary tal

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US Trial of Alleged Arms Dealer Opens in New York The trial of a former Soviet Air Force officer and alleged international arms dealer dubbed a merchant of death by security experts is underway in New York. Police in Thailand arrested Russian busines

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A Thai court has ruled more charges against Russian arms dealer, Victor Bout, should be heard. The ruling will delay steps to extradite Bout to the United States to face charges of conspiracy and support for foreign terrorist organizations. The 43-ye

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Rights Group: Prosecute Alleged Arms Dealer A human rights group is calling on Sierra Leonean authorities to investigate a suspected arms dealer. U.N. investigators have alleged Ibrahim Bah supplied arms to rebels during Sierra Leones civil war. The

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