Clinton, while in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, slammed the Syrian government's refusal to pull out its troops from cities and stop attacking dissenters.

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On Wednesday, America, China, Russia, France, Britain and Germany announced that they would no longer tolerate Iran's refusal to give a yes or a no to a package of incentives and potential punishments they hoped would stop Iran's enrichment of uranium.

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