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BREAKING: UN Security Council to meet on Syria at 1900 GMT

AFP , Wednesday 21 Aug 2013

The UN Security Council was to convene closed-door consultations Wednesday at 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) on reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria, diplomats said.

The meeting was called for by Security Council members France, Britain, the United States, Luxembourg and South Korea.

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