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Russia again vetoes bid to renew Syria gas attacks probe

by Carole LANDRY Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – Russia on Friday cast a second veto in as many days at the UN Security Council to block the renewal of a UN-led investigation to identify the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. A draft resolution put forward by Japan would have extended the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) for 30 days to allow time for negotiations on a wider compromise. But Russia used its veto […]