** FILE ** This Nov. 9, 2006 file photo shows Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Technical Field Manager Nick Guest inspecting a Cluster Bomb Unit in the southern village of Ouazaiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, that was dropped by Israeli warplanes during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israeli war. Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, in a move that supporters hope will shame the U.S., Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons blamed for maiming and killing civilians. Norway, which began the drive to ban cluster bombs 18 months ago, was to be first to sign, followed by Laos and Lebanon, both hard-hit by the weapons. Organizers said 88 countries were expected to sign on Wednesday and around 100 out of the world’s 192 U.N. member nations will have signed by Thursday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)