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Syrian Security Forces Fire on Rallies, Killing 20

Syrian security forces opened fire Friday on protesters and hunted them down in house-to-house raids, killing about 30 people in the deadliest day in weeks in the country's 7-month-old uprising, activists said.

 

Leading Syrian Opposition Figure Killed, and Another Publicly Beaten

A leading Kurdish political figure was shot to death in northern Syria, while a political dissident was brazenly beaten in the heart of the capital Damascus, activists said.

 

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