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UN meeting to put more pressure on Syria over Hariri death

By Roula Khalaf in London and Mark Turner in New York

Published: October 31 2005 02:00 | Last updated: October 31 2005 02:00

Foreign ministers will meet in New York today for a highly charged meeting of the United Nations Security Council, increasing international pressure over Syria's alleged involvement in the murder of Rafiq Hariri, former Lebanese prime minister.

Diplomats said a US-French call for a financial freeze and travel ban on individual suspects, and a more general threat of sanctions if Syria does not co-operate with the international investigation, could garner sufficient support to pass without any veto.

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