The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging Israel to lift its blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says world powers are making progress towards a new United Nations resolution to impose sanctions on Iran, but stresses they are still short of an agreement.
Rice spoke after arriving in Berlin Tuesday, for a meeting of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China) and Germany on Iran's nuclear program. She said participants still have some way to go.
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East Timorese Prime Minister and Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta says he is disappointed that the United Nations Security Council failed to pass a resolution last week criticizing Burma's military-led government.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she is satisfied with a pending U.N. Security Council resolution punishing Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment, though the measure has been softened at the behest of Moscow. The sanctions measure could be approved by the council as early as Friday. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
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