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World IN BRIEF : UNITED NATIONS : U.S. Vetoes Protest of Israel

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<i> From Times staff and wire service reports </i>

The United States vetoed a Security Council resolution that would have demanded that Israel return property confiscated from Palestinians during a tax protest. Britain, France, Canada and the other 11 members of the council voted for the resolution, which would also have sent a fact-finding mission to observe Israel’s crackdown on the Arab uprising.

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