UN chief urges council action after new attack
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and international envoy Kofi Annan stepped up pressure on the divided UN Security Council on Friday, urging that it demand a halt to the escalating violence in Syria and promise "consequences" if the conflict doesn't end.
The UN chief and the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria renewed their appeals for Security Council action following Thursday's attack on a poor farming village in Hama province, which they strongly condemned. (AP)
