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Monday May 31, 2010

U.N. Security Council to meet Monday on Gaza flotilla

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday afternoon for an emergency session to discuss Israel's storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Security Council diplomats told Reuters.

Diplomats said the meeting would start at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) but they gave no further details.

Israeli naval vessels approach the port of Ashdod May 31, 2010. The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday afternoon for an emergency session to discuss Israel's storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Security Council diplomats told Reuters. (REUTERS/Nir Elias)

At least 10 pro-Palestinian activists were killed in the storming, which has sparked widespread condemnation.

(Reporting by Patrick Worsnip, Editing by Sandra Maler and Eric Walsh)

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