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UN says Syria quake aid 'must not be politicised'

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The UN's Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Otto Pedersen, underlines that the emergency response in Syria "must not be politicised" following "one of the most catastrophic earthquakes the region has seen in about a century". SOUNDBITE

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