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A Lebanese Shiite Muslim blocks the street in a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday to protest against the kidnapping of 12 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in Syria's northern province of Aleppo by Syrian rebels. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, has appealed for calm. (Associated Press)
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This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed May 22, 2012, purports to show U.N. observers being welcomed in Idlib, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via AP video)
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Syrians chant slogans during a demonstration in the Zabadani neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)
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** FILE ** Syrian soldiers are seen through the damaged window of a military truck that was hit by a roadside bomb in Daraa, Syria, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The blast occurred just seconds after a team of U.N. observers passed by. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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A Syrian rebel runs for cover in the Sunni district of Jabb al-Jandali in Homs, Syria, on Monday, May 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)
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Former Syrian soldiers hold flags of the Syrian revolution as they stand in front their armored personnel carrier shortly after defecting and joining the rebels in the Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province in central Syria on Saturday, May 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)
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Syrians chant slogans during a demonstration at al-Hamra neighborhood in Homs, Syria, Friday, May 11, 2012. A Syrian opposition leader said Friday the regime is trying to destroy a U.N.-brokered peace plan for the country. (AP Photo)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian fire fighter extinguishes burned cars after two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)
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An injured Syrian army soldier (left) walks next to his comrade May 9, 2012, after a roadside bomb hit their military truck in Daraa city, southern Syria. (Associated Press)
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A Syrian street vendor sits outside Damascus Castle in the old section of Damascus, Syria. Historic mosques, churches and markets have been smashed by shelling and looters have stolen artifacts from excavations and museums.
