Europeans Increase Pressure on Syria as UN Action Is Blocked
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European nations stepped up pressure on Syria, summoning the country’s ambassadors and pushing for a United Nations vote to protest the increasingly violent suppression of anti-government demonstrations.
In coordinated moves, France, Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain called yesterday on the Syrian envoys in their capitals to condemn the crackdown that has led to hundreds of deaths. U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague also withdrew the Syrian ambassador’s invitation to tomorrow’s wedding of Prince William in London.