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French President Nicolas Sarkozy reviews sailors in Lanveoc-Poulmic before a speech in which he called the violence in Syria "a massacre." (Associated Press)
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Flames raise from a gas pipeline after an explosion near the town Rastan in the restive Homs province of Syria on Jan. 3, 2012. The Syrian government blamed the explosion on terrorists, according to the Syrian official news agency SANA. (Associated Press/SANA)
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In this image from amateur video, Arab League observers are seen Dec. 30, 2011, at a protest in Idlib, Syria. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians poured into the streets across the nation in the largest protests in months, shouting for the downfall of the regime in a defiant display invigorated by the presence of Arab observers, activists said. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via APTN)
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Syrian soldiers chant slogans Dec. 30, 2011, during a pro-regime rally in Damascus, Syria. The rebel Free Syrian Army said it has stopped its offensive against government targets during a month-long mission by Arab League monitors, saying it wants to expose how the regime is killing peaceful protesters. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Anti-Syrian regime protesters, some wearing Syrian revolution flags, gather Dec. 21, 2011, during a night demonstration in the Baba Amr area, in Homs province, Syria. (Associated Press)
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This image made from amateur video and released by Ugarit News Group on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, purports to show a Syrian military tank in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN)
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This image made from amateur video and released by Ugarit News Group Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, purports to show a Syrian military tank in Homs, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN)
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Mourners pray at a mass funeral on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, for 44 people killed in twin suicide bombings that targeted intelligence agency compounds in Damascus, Syria, the day before. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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This image made from amateur video and made available by Ugarit News Group Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, purports to show an armored vehicle in Damascus, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN)
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Soldiers move down a street in Daraa, Syria, in this video scene shown on the Internet. Amateur video emerged Monday from Syria that purported to show ongoing violence in the country. Scenes could not be independently verified as showing the Syrian government brutalizing its people. (Associated Press)
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A demonstrator gestures under a large poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a rally in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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Shadows of Syrians are reflected on a giant poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a rally in support of the leader in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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In this image from TV made available by a group called Ugarit News on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, amateur footage shows what appears to be a Syrian tank on fire in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday as gunfire rings out and the tank then apparently explodes. (AP Photo)
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Cars burn after being attacked by supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Homs, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, in this image taken from amateur video. (AP Photo/Sham News Network via Associated Press Television News)
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Amateur video is said to show security forces in Daraa, Syria, on patrol Monday as many Syrians closed shops and kept their children home from school in a show of civil disobedience. (Ugarit News Group via Associated Press)
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** FILE ** A pro-Syrian regime protester waves a Syrian flag as he stands in front of portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad, during a protest against sanctions, Damascus, Syria, in this Dec. 2, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman, File)
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** FILE ** Two Syrian refugees children who fled violence in their country flash a V for victory sign while their faces faces are decorated with the Syrian revolution flag and Arabic words read:"Syria, The freedom," during a demonstration in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross office, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday Nov. 25, 2011. (AP Photo)
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A pro-Syrian-regime demonstrator waves a Syrian flag as he stands in front of portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a protest against sanctions in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, relatives of William Al-Saleh, one of six elite pilots who the military said were killed in an ambush on Thursday, hold his portrait as they mourn during his funeral procession in Syria's Homs province on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
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Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans and carry a huge portrait of Syrian president Bashar Assad during a protest against the Arab League decisions in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 25, 2011. Syria missed an Arab League deadline to allow hundreds of observers into the country, prompting the bloc to consider economic sanctions against Damascus for its eight-month crackdown on dissent, a senior diplomat said. (Associated Press)
