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| Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari speaks during a United Nations Security Council high level meeting on Iraq at the UN headquarters in New York, Dec. 15, 2010. The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution to lift the Saddam-era sanctions against Iraq, which was imposed in 1991. In the new resolution, the 15-nation council decided to lift most international sanctions imposed on Iraq under the rule of former President Saddam Hussein. |