UN Security Council postpones Syria sanctions vote
July 18, 2012  23:52
UN Security Council has postponed till tomorrow a vote on a resolution on Syria amid efforts to get Russia and key Western nations to agree on measures required to end the violence and bloodshed in the troubled Arab nation. 

The 15-nation Council was scheduled to vote on the Syrian resolution later today. However, UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan requested the Council to postpone voting on the resolution, which threatens to impose sanctions against President Bashar Al Assad's regime if it fails to take action to curb the escalating violence that has killed thousands.
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