Tuesday, April 19, 2011

State of Emergency Lifted in Syria

Syria has lifted the state of emergency that the country has been operating under since 1963.  This was one of the demands of the demonstrators.

There have been an estimated 200 dead since the beginning of the protests weeks ago.  Security forces in the third largest city Homs used live ammunition and tear gas to disprse 5,000 demonstrators who were occupying Clock Square yesterday.   

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