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Syrian forces kill man at Hama checkpoint: activists

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian security forces shot dead a man at a checkpoint in the central province of Hama on Thursday, activists said, six hours after a ceasefire brokered by international peace envoy Kofi Annan came into force. They said Mahdi Ibrahim al-Ahmad, from the town of Safsafeh, had been wanted by security forces who shot him at around noon (0900 GMT) after he refused to stop at a checkpoint. Ahmad was the first reported fatality since the ceasefire took effect. …

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Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 69 (AP)

AP – A wave of 16 bombings ripped across Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 69 people in the worst violence in Iraq for months. The apparently coordinated attacks struck days after the last American forces left the country and in the midst of a major government crisis between Shiite and Sunni politicians that has sent sectarian tensions soaring.

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Angry Syrians trap US envoy in office for hours (AP)

AP – Supporters of President Bashar Assad stoned the convoy of the U.S. ambassador to Syria as he arrived for a meeting with a leading opposition figure on Thursday, then pelted him with eggs and tomatoes and tried to break into the building while he was inside, the opposition activist and a U.S. official said. The American envoy was trapped in the office for three hours by the angry mob outside.

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Syria opposition tries to unite, divisions remain (AP)

AP – Syria’s fragmented opposition took steps toward forming a national council Tuesday, but serious divisions and mistrust among the members prevented them from presenting a unified front against President Bashar’s regime more than five months into the country’s uprising, participants said.

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Showing Hama in ruins, Syria says revolt quelled (AP)

AP – Syria’s government showed off TV and still images of burned buildings and rubble-strewn streets empty of people in Hama, the epicenter of anti-regime protests, and claimed Friday it was putting an end to the rebellion in the besieged city.

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Showing Hama in ruins, Syria says revolt quelled (AP)

Syrian forces fire on massive rallies; 17 killed (AP)

AP – Syrian security forces killed at least 17 protesters Friday as hundreds of thousands flooded the streets nationwide in the largest anti-government demonstrations since the uprising began more than four months ago, witnesses and activists said.

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Syrian forces fire on massive rallies; 17 killed (AP)

11 die as half a million call for Syria’s Assad to go (AFP)

AFP – Syrian security forces killed at least 11 people on Friday as more than half a million people took to the streets across the country to demand the departure of Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

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41 killed in deadly Yemen street battles (AP)

AP – Street battles between Yemeni government forces and armed tribesmen killed dozens of people Wednesday in this country teetering on the brink of civil war, forcing residents to cower in basements or brave gunfire to fetch bread and water.

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More killed as Syria buries protesters (AFP)

AFP – Syrian security forces killed at least five people and wounded dozens more on Saturday as they fired at a crowd in the central city of Homs after funerals of anti-regime protesters, an activist said.

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Syrian forces kill 22 protesters: activists (Reuters)

Reuters – Syrian security forces killed 22 protesters on Friday demanding an end to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, rights campaigners said, and the European Union agreed to impose sanctions in response to his crackdown.

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Syrian forces kill man at Hama checkpoint: activists

Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 69 (AP)

Angry Syrians trap US envoy in office for hours (AP)

Syria opposition tries to unite, divisions remain (AP)

Showing Hama in ruins, Syria says revolt quelled (AP)

Syrian forces fire on massive rallies; 17 killed (AP)

11 die as half a million call for Syria’s Assad to go (AFP)

41 killed in deadly Yemen street battles (AP)

More killed as Syria buries protesters (AFP)

Syrian forces kill 22 protesters: activists (Reuters)

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