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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prior to the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The peace talks in the Swiss city of Montreux marked the first time the opposition and the Syrian government will sit down face to face since their dispute began in March 2011. (AP Photo/Arnd Wiegmann, pool)
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Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem leads his delegation during a plenary session in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 22, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says there is no way that Syrian President Bashar Assad can be part of a transitional government that's being discussed at an international conference aimed at ending the country's brutal conflict. (AP Photo/Gary Cameron, Pool)
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This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rescue workers check the rubble of a destroyed building which was attacked by Syrian forces warplanes, in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)
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Pope Francis sits in his rain-covered pope-mobile as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Pope Francis is urging delegates attending the Syria peace conference in Switzerland to do everything they can to negotiate a cease-fire and launch "decisive" steps toward reconciliation and reconstruction. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)