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Source: Associated Press
The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international treaty banning land mines.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly says the administration recently completed a review and decided not to change the Bush-era policy.
More than 150 countries have agreed to the Mine Ban Treaty's provisions to end the production, use, stockpiling and trade in mines. Besides the United States, holdouts include: China, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and Russia.