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GRAPHIC CONTENT: Damascas rocked with explosions
Baltimore Sun
Twin blasts by suicide car bombers killed 55 people and wounded hundreds of others on Thursday during morning rush hour traffic according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. The UN observer chief appealed for help to put an end to the bloodshe that has ...
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Baltimore Sun
Syria suicide bombers kill 55, ceasefire in tatters
Reuters
"This (Thursday's attacks) is yet another example of the suffering brought upon the people of Syria from acts of violence," said Major-General Robert Mood, leader of the UN monitors, who visited the scene. Opposition to Assad, which began with peaceful ...
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Syria Bombings: Attacks Sought To Sabotage UN Mission, Arab League Chief Says
Huffington Post
Nabil Elaraby said those behind the attacks, the deadliest since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began 14 months ago, sought to sabotage the work of the UN observers sent to verify a much-violated ceasefire declared on April 12.
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A shameful impasse on Syria
Washington Post
Administration spokesmen now publicly recognize that the United Nationsdiplomatic initiative it has backed for the past seven weeks has been a failure. They acknowledge — as they should have long ago — that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has no ...
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Suicide bombs in Syrian capital kill at least 55
USA TODAY
The Syrian government blames the bombings on the terrorists it says are behind the uprising, which has been the most potent challenge to the Assad family dynasty in Syria in four decades. But opposition leaders and activists routinely blame the regime ...
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USA TODAY
Blast near UN car shows fragility of Syria truce
The Associated Press
... of the international community's plan to use unarmed observers to promote a cease-fire between government troops and rebels trying to topple Assad. The team of 70 UN military observers nowin Syria should grow to more than 100 in the coming days.
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The Associated Press
Syria calls on UN to stop "terrorism"
Reuters
It called on the United Nations Security Council to fight countries or groups supporting violence in the 14-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. "Syria stresses the importance of the UNSC taking measures against countries, ...
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Syria suicide bombers kill 55, truce in tatters
msnbc.com (blog)
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two suicide car bombers killed 55 people and wounded 372 in Damascus on Thursday, state media said, in the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began 14 months ago.
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msnbc.com (blog)
US embassy calls Syria bombings "unacceptable"
Reuters
The bombings were the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital, Damascus, since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began 14 months ago. "The United States condemns in the strongest terms the attacks that took placetoday in Damascus," the US ...
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Syria calls Damascus blasts suicide attacks
CNN
It called it the single biggest and deadliest the country since March 2011 when a fierce Syrian security crackdown on peaceful protest morphed into a grass-roots uprising against Bashar al-Assad's regime. Analysts said the attacks raise concerns over ...
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Syria: Dozens killed in huge Damascus explosions
CBS News
The leading opposition group, however, the Syrian National Council, cast blame on the government itself, according to Al-Arabiya television. The opposition has previously accused the Assad regime of carrying out large bomb attacks targeting government ...
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Suicide bombers strike Syrian capital, killing 55
The Seattle Times
Assad is not going to care if people die. It will just bolster his... (May 10, 2012, by Peter St) MORE IMO a nation of people can only take so much. When a ruler brutally stomps down his... (May 10, 2012, by g2000) MORE Islam, the Religion of Peace and ...
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Twin explosions rock Syrian capital
CNN International
Two opposition movements -- the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change -- blamed the regime for the attacks. Opposition members have said Bashar al-Assad's government has staged high-profile bombings in ...
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Bomb hits truck, misses UN team leader in Syria
San Francisco Chronicle
... wounded 10 Syrian soldiers, emphasized the limits of the international community's plan to use unarmed observers to promote a cease-fire between government troops and rebels trying to topple Assad. The team of 70 UNmilitary observers now in Syria ...
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At Least 55 Killed as Twin Explosions Rock Syrian Capital
San Francisco Chronicle
UN monitors visited the site of the blast in Damascus. Kofi Annan, the UN'sspecial envoy to Syria, condemned today's attack in the "strongest possible terms" and renewed his call for an end to violence, his spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said in an e-mailed ...
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Damascus blasts kill 40, injure 170: Syrian TV
msnbc.com (blog)
I call on everyone within and outside Syria to help stop this violence." Opposition to Assad, which began with peaceful protests in March last year, has grown increasingly militarized and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said this week he was worried ...
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Syria says 50 dead in Damascus blasts
Atlanta Journal Constitution
A roadside bomb struck a Syrian military truck Wednesday, wounding six soldiers just seconds after a convoy carrying the head of the UN observer mission passed by. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Syria rebels kill 7, bomb explodes near UN monitors
CNBC.com
Bloodshed in Syria has sharply divided world powers. The US envoy to theUnited Nations declared on Tuesday that Assad's government had not fully implemented any part of Annan's plan, while Russia's ambassador, who has been more supportive of Damascus, ...
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Syria says 40 dead in Damascus blasts
Albany Times Union
A roadside bomb struck a Syrian military truck Wednesday, wounding six soldiers just seconds after a convoy carrying the head of the UN observer mission passed by. An Associated Press reporter who was traveling in the UNconvoy said the blast blew out ...
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Syria: Who bombed Damascus?
GlobalPost
... today, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 370, chants of support erupted for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “Allah, Syria and only Bashar,” shouted the crowd of regime supporters who jostled a team of UN inspectors, led by Maj.
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Damascus Blasts: Are Terrorists the Wild Card in Syria's Power Struggle?
TIME (blog)
Two powerful blasts struck Damascus during morning rush hour, killing scores, wounding dozens and prompting the UN observer chief to appeal for help to end the bloodshed ravaging Syria. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO ...
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TIME (blog)
Explosions Kill Dozens in Damascus
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — At least 55 people were killed and some 372 injured by two powerful car bombs that exploded outside a key intelligence compound in Damascus early on Thursday, Syrianstate television reported. The blasts peeled open a new, ...
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New York Times
Syria braces to announce election results as UN warns of civil war
Mmegi Online
However, the Syrian government deems the elections as a large step of reform promised by embattled Syrian president, Bashar al- Assad. Meanwhile, UN-AL joint envoy Annan urged on Tuesday that the Syrian government and the opposition to halt violence ...
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Syria Bombing: Dozens Killed In Twin Damascus Bomb Blasts (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Huffington Post
A team of 70 UN military observers now in Syria should grow to more than 100 in the coming days. A full team of 300 is expected by the end of the month to oversee a cease-fire intended to allow for talks on a political solution to the conflict.
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Soldiers wary as residents rage in Syria's Idlib
Reuters
"Today there was an attack on the checkpoints around us - if we go inside Ariha they will slice us up". Ariha is in Idlib province, a hotbed for an uprising against Assad's rule that broke out in March last year. It has also borne the brunt of a ...
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Two explosions shake Syrian capital
Tucson Citizen
by USA TODAY feed on May. 09, 2012, under USA TODAY News DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Two strong explosions shook the Syrian capital Thursday, sending a plume of thick black smoke into the sky. The nature of the blasts was not immediately clear.
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The Syrian Exodus
Foreign Policy (blog)
It was the third time he had been locked up by President Bashar al-Assad's security services, and each time he gets taken in for protesting, the torture gets worse. It doesn't cow him, however -- the day he was let out, he went to a protest. Now ...
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Foreign Policy (blog)
40 dead in Syria blasts, UN observers seek help
Outcome Magazine
Ten Syrian soldiers escorting them were hurt in Wednesday's bombing, according to the UN. Damascus has been the target of a number of bombs in past months as Assad faces a revolt against his regime which his forces are attempting to crush.
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Syria suffers worst terror attack since start of uprising
The Guardian
Experts compared it to bomb attacks on Iraqi government ministries in Baghdad in 2009, which were blamed by the Iraqi authorities on groups based in Syria. The blasts were condemned internationally. Kofi Annan, the special envoy for the UN and Arab...
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The Guardian
Syria's health minister says 50 killed in deadliest assault on capital since ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The regime has used the bombings to support its claims that terrorists rather than a popular uprising are behind Syria's violence. The relentless violence by both sides of the conflict has brought a UN-brokered ceasefire plan to the brink of collapse.
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GRAPHIC CONTENT: Damascas rocked with explosions
By Robert Hamilton
Twin blasts by suicide car bombers killed 55 people and wounded hundreds of others on Thursday during morning rush hour traffic according to the SyrianArab News Agency. The UN observer chief appealed for help to put an end to the ...
The Darkroom: Exploring visual...
Damascus bomb increases pressure on UN | Ya Libnan | World ...
By Ya Libnan
Now, one danger is that the protest movement and the armed insurgency both become overtaken by a campaign of terrorist violence designed to sow chaos and accelerate Syria's political disintegration. Suspect timing. The Syriangovernment has ... Indeed both groups – Sunni fundamentalists and Sunni-majority Arab powers like Saudi Arabia and Qatar – have come out strongly against Mr Assad's regime, for both strategic and ideological reasons. MrAssad's message therefore ...
Ya Libnan
Syrian opposition leaders urge election boycott
Exiled Syrian opposition figures urged voters to boycott an upcoming parliamentary election. ... overlooking the capital Damascus, the state-run SANA news agency said. ... on Syria, and Assad allies Russia and China would likely block harsher U.N. ... USA TODAY is now using Facebook Comments on our stories and blog ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-05-06/syria.../1
UN: Syria Peace Plan Is 'On Track'
The U.N. now has around 50 truce observers in Syria, and has commitments for about ... Assad's government and the opposition are blaming each other for flouting the cease-fire. ... If so, please click here to contact the editors of ABCNews.
abcnews.go.com/.../syria-peace-plan-track-16276046
Suicide bombs in Syrian capital kill at least 55
Two suicide car bombs ripped through the Syrian capital, shaving the facade off a ... of forces loyal to President Bashar Assad but has been struck by several bomb attacks, ... Syria's state-run news agency, SANA, posted gruesome pictures of the ... A team of 70 U.N. military observers now in Syriashould grow to more than ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-05-10/Syria.../1
Syria accuses U.N. chief of encouraging 'terrorists ... - USA Today
BEIRUT (AP) – Syria derided U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon as biased and called his... 300 U.N. truce monitors and talks between Assad and the opposition on Syria's ... to land on the Syrian coast in rubber boats, the state-run Syrian news agency ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-04-28/syria.../1
UN: Syria Peace Plan Is 'On Track' - ABC News
The U.N. now has around 50 truce observers in Syria, and has commitments for ... Assad's government and the opposition are blaming each other for flouting the ...
abcnews.go.com/.../syria-peace-plan-track-16276046
TODAYonline | Hot News | Pro-Assad Syrian media hit back at UN
BEIRUT - A Syrian state-run newspaper yesterday accused United NationsSecretary-General Ban Ki Moon of encouraging "terrorist" rebel attacks by focusing ...
www.todayonline.com/.../Pro-Assad-Syrian-media-hit-back-at-...
Assad side kills four at Syrian university: protesters - World news ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian security forces and students armed with knives ...Assad of making "no effort" to honor a three-week-old United Nations truce and ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../assad-side-kills-four-syrian-universit...
Syria rebels kill 7, bomb explodes near U.N. monitors - Yahoo! News
News: AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels killed at least seven ... The U.S. envoy to the United Nations declared on Tuesday that Assad's government had not fully ...
news.yahoo.com/rebels-kill-seven-pro-assad-militiamen-activis...
Syria rebels kill seven, bomb explodes near UN ... - News Today
AMMAN, May 9: Syrian rebels killed at least seven pro-government militiamen in a ... The US envoy to the United Nations declared on Tuesday that Assad's...
www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details...
'Assad has a lot of sunny days ahead of him' — RT
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows ... The head of the new UN observer team is starting his work in Syriaamid .... and now a group of Salafis is represented in the new “government” of Libya.
rt.com/news/assad-syria-days-ahead-850/
Weapons-smuggling, infiltrators bedevil Assad regime - CNN.com
The embattled Syrian regime said it faced challenges from land and sea on Saturday. ... Meanwhile, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), reported ... Syrian activists have accused the United Nations of failing to move quickly to get its .... interactive map to see the roots of their unrest and where things stand today.
www.cnn.com/2012/04/28/world/meast/syria.../index.html
Blast near UN car shows fragility of Syria - News from The ...
The team of 70 U.N. military observers now in Syria should grow to more than 100 in ... Riad al-Asaad, warned that armed groups in the country would resume ...
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?...
Syria News - May 5, 2012 (Warning: Graphic Videos) :: www.uruknet ...
Syria, Rastan A civilian was injured by Assad's sniper 2 5 2012 ... Idlib-Taftanaz:5 /5/2012: One of the UN observers team is visiting the Mass graveyard in ... Committees in Syria The number of martys in Syria has risen to 27 thus far today.
www.uruknet.info/?new=87829
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