People march from the White House to the US Capitol in Washington against US intervention in Syria on September 7, 2013. European Union foreign ministers on Saturday urged “a clear and strong response” to an alleged Syria chemical weapons attack while stopping short of endorsing a strike on the Damascus regime. Speaking after the bloc’s 28 ministers held talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry, the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton read out a statement saying the ministers “were unenimous in condemning in the strongest terms this horrific attack.” AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM