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Palestine - the conflict with Israel is "holding the world hostage," speakers said (Photo: Ulla Sandbæk)

Euro-Med Assembly condemns Danish cartoons

by Aleander Balzan, Brussels,

MEPs and national MPs from the EU and Mediterranean countries have approved a resolution which "condemned the offence" caused by the Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed as well "as the violence which their publication provoked."

The two-day plenary session of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, held in Brussels, also urged governments to "ensure respect for religious beliefs and to encourage the values of tolerance, freedom and multiculturalism."

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Palestine - the conflict with Israel is "holding the world hostage," speakers said (Photo: Ulla Sandbæk)

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