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Adl slams Swiss gas deal

April 10, 2008 23:00

By Anonymous

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Switzerland has rejected accusations by the Anti-Defamation League that it risked financing terror after a Swiss company sealed a major deal to buy natural gas from Iran. The ADL had taken out a full-page newspaper advert denouncing the deal, although Switzerland insisted it had not violated UN sanctions against Iran.

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