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Speaking after EU Foreign Ministers agreed further sanctions, the Foreign Secretary William Hague said as long as violence continued, the UK would continue to increase pressure on the regime.
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Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after EU Foreign Ministers agreed further sanctions against the Syrian regime.
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