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A Syrian chants slogans during a protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad after prayers on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, on Friday, June 8, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Free Syrian Army members raise their weapons June 7, 2012, during a training session on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria. (Associated Press)

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United Nations-Arab League special envoy to Syria Kofi Anan addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Thursday, June 7, 2012, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network purportedly shows the bodies of Syrian children in Mazraat al-Qubair on the outskirts of Hama, Syria, on June 7, 2012. Syria denied as "absolutely baseless" claims by opposition groups about a new massacre in the central Hama province in which government forces allegedly killed dozens of people, including women and children. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network)

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A Syrian boy sits Tuesday amid the rubble of a house in Taftanaz, Syria, that was destroyed during a military operation by the Syrian army in April. Damascus has agreed to allow humanitarian-aid workers from the U.N. and nongovernmental organizations into four Syrian provinces to deliver food, medicine and other supplies. (Associated Press)

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Relatives of Free Syrian Army soldier Moayad Ghafir, who was killed during clashes with regime gunmen, mourn over his dead body before his funeral in his family's home on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, on Monday, June 4, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus on Sunday. He denied responsibility for the massacre in Houla last month. (Associated Press)

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Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to parliament in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

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** FILE ** In this image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed Saturday, May 5, 2012, a U.N. observer, right, inspects what residents of the town of Taftanaz, Syria, tell him is a mass grave. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

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**FILE** Syrian security forces (in background) hold their machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners April 30, 2012, during the funeral procession in Damascus, Syria, for the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23, who was shot by the Syrian security forces. (Associated Press)