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DJ US Official: G8, UN Council Majority Back Iran Sanctions(Comtex Finance Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)MOSCOW, Apr 19, 2006 (Dow Jones Commodities News Select via Comtex) --U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said Wednesday a majority of the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Group of Eight members support possible sanctions against Iran in the dispute over the country's nuclear program. "Nearly every country is considering some sort of sanctions and that's new," Burns told reporters after two days of meetings in Moscow. He declined to specify which countries support possible sanctions. Russia and China, both of which are permanent Security Council members, are seen as likely being the most resistant to sanctions. (END) Dow Jones Newswires 04-19-06 1151ET |