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MOSCOW : The US veto last week of a United Nations Security Council resolution requesting an urgent humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza means that "bloodshed will continue,” Russia said on Monday. More than 17,000 people have so far lost their lives in Israel's attacks on Gaza, and last Friday the US vetoed a resolution requesting an urgent humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, said a Russian Foreign Ministry statement. "This means that horrific bloodshed and catastrophic destruction will continue to occur by one country's decision," the statement added. The draft resolution, co-sponsored by more than...