The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Katie Halper:

Brigitte Bardot Fine: Top 5 Bardotisms That Got Hot Sex Symbol In Hot Water

Obama Pound: In Historic Moment, White People Exposed To Fist Bump For First Time

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Nicole Hughes:

Get a Job: Top 10 Guides to Finding the Perfect Eco Career

Schwarzenegger Declares Drought in California

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Andy Kondrat:

Barcelona Fines Citizens for Using Drinking Water in Pools and Gardens

Coal Power Plants Waste Two-Thirds of Energy Input

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Jon Popham:

Megabus Expanding to the East Coast

Egyptian Blogger Freed from Prison

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Giulia Rozzi:

Diamonds In The Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution

Cluster Bomb Ban

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Gina Telaroli:

Interview with Nina Davenport, Director of Operation Filmmaker

KidZui : Internet for Kids (and Those Young at Heart)

Good news! Last week over 100 nations formally agreed in Dublin to ban the use of cluster bombs. However some countries declined to participate in the ban, including the United States! Yup the USA finds air-dropped or ground-launched munitions that eject a number of smaller submunitions (a cluster of bomblets) totally cool. (Don’t be fooled, although the word bomblet is adorable these nasty killers which release many small unexploded bomblets over a wide area can remain dangerous for many months or years. Cluster munitions can cause fatal or serious injury to local populations long after the end of the conflict.)

Most NATO countries have backed the pact. Opponents say the bombs cause indiscriminate injury,

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Today the America was dealt two defeats at the hands of the British: the US soccer team was defeated in Wembley Stadium by the English 2-0 in what’s known in soccer terms as a ‘friendly international.’ The game aired on ESPN Classic, and now that the States lost we might have to start calling it the US football team. The second ‘defeat’ came when the British government surprisingly joined a conference in Dublin Ireland to ban the use and manufacture of cluster bombs. Let’s cal it the ‘international unfriendly.’

Cluster bombs are deadly weapons that spread small bomblets over a large area. Not all of the munitions explode, leaving behind a virtual minefield for civilians returning home. Unsurprisingly, the weapons are primarily made and used by the US, China, and Israel. The United States continue to use the munitions in the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan; Isreal used them in their war with Lebanon in 2006.

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