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UN assembly votes for probes of Gaza war charges

Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:40pm EST

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday urging Israel and the Palestinians to investigate war crimes charges leveled in a U.N. report on the Gaza war.

The vote on the nonbinding resolution was 114 in favor and 18 opposed, with 44 abstentions. (Reporting by Patrick Worsnip; Editing by Sandra Maler)


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