(AP/Washington Post) - The European Union moved Thursday to increase pressure on Hamas by adding the entire organization to the EU terrorist list, but it stopped short of a U.S. crackdown on related charities that are alleged to funnel money to the Islamic militant group. Five days after EU foreign ministers agreed to crack down on Hamas, their ambassadors in Brussels were only able to agree on adding its political wing to the blacklist, diplomats said.
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