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    Arab FMs urge UN to curb Mideast conflict

    CAIRO, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Arab foreign ministers, who gathered here for an emergency meeting, on Saturday urged the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to intervene and stop an escalating conflict in the Middle East.

    At the end of the one-day meeting, the ministers issued a resolution to urge the Security Council to take an immediate step to enforce a ceasefire and lift an Israeli blockade on Lebanon.

    The resolution also condemned Israeli military offensive in south Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, while voicing full solidarity with Lebanon against the Israeli offensives.

    "The Israeli aggressions amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity," said the resolution, which also expressed regret over a U.S. veto on a draft resolution condemning the Israeli onslaught.  Full story <<<

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