US secretary of state Hilary Clinton joined the rest of the Middle East Quartet in strongly condemning Israel's settlements in East Jerusalem.
Israel told to cease settlement activity
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Japan has sunk a proposal at a United Nations meeting in Qatar to ban the export on Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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