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Fri 11 Nov 2009UN nuclear body censures Iran
The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body voted overwhelmingly today to censure Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret, and demanded it freeze the project immediately.
The resolution, passed by a 25-3 margin with six absentions, was the first by the 35-nation governing board in almost four years. With rare Russian and Chinese backing, it sent a message of international exasperation with Iran's nuclear secrecy and defiance.
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