French Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gerard Araud, who is the UN Security Council President for December, briefs media on the situation in South Sudan, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 20, 2013. The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned "in the strongest terms" an attack on a UN base sheltering civilians in South Sudan, which left at least 20 civilians and two Indian peacekeepers killed. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)

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Ban slams deadly attack on UN base in South Sudan

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday strongly condemned a deadly attack on a UN base sheltering civilians in South Sudan, which killed at least 20 civilians and two Indian peacekeepers, and called on all parties concerned to exercise restraint and cease hostilities.Full Story