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[Nouse.co.uk] The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, was one of the first institutions to buckle under pressure from its students. Selling the 62,000 shares it owned in arms companies such as Smiths Group, Cobham and GKN in 2005, the college of the University of London, drafted a new ethical investment policy and called on others to do the same: “This murderous trade has ravaged countries across Asia and Africa, with British companies touting some £4 billion worth of legal weaponry around the globe.

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