Tiny Marshall Islands take on India in nuclear disarmament fight

Tiny Marshall Islands take on India in nuclear disarmament fight

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A small chain of Pacific islands - some of which were once vapourized by atomic bomb tests - sought in court on Monday to force India, the world's second-most populous country, to get on board with nuclear disarmament.

The tiny republic of the Marshall Islands, which has a population of less than 70,000 people, says that the world's nine nuclear weapons states have violated various obligation to negotiate in good faith to dismantle their nuclear arsenals.

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