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size=+1>SYRIA</FONT><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#9c3632
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color=#3a3838 size=+1>U.N. Security Council OKs Syria Resolution</FONT><BR><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#9c3632 size=-1><EM>Associated
Press</EM></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#3a3838 size=2>The U.N. Security
Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday demanding Syria's full
cooperation with a U.N. investigation into the assassination of Lebanon's former
prime minister and warning of possible "further action" if it doesn't. The
United States, France and Britain pressed for the resolution following last
week's tough report by the U.N. investigating commission, which implicated top
Syrian and Lebanese security officials in the Feb. 14 bombing that killed Rafik
Hariri and 20 others. The report also accused Syria of not cooperating fully
with the inquiry. The three co-sponsors agreed to drop a direct threat of
sanctions against Syria in order to get support from Russia and China, which
opposed sanctions while the investigation is still under way. Nonetheless, the
resolution was adopted under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter, which is
militarily enforceable. The resolution requires Syria to detain anyone the U.N.
investigators consider a suspect and let investigators determine the location
and conditions under which the individual would be questioned. It also would
freeze assets and impose a travel ban on anyone identified as a suspect by the
commission.</FONT><BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#3a3838
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