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    Pressure on Syria Increases as Bloodshed Continues

    Dissidents say more Syrians were killed today after 114 died yesterday, including more than 70 army defectors trying to leave the country.  Also yesterday, the Assad regime agreed to admit observers from the Arab League, as the UN General Assembly condemned human rights violations.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Dissidents say more Syrians were killed today after 114 died yesterday, including more than 70 army defectors trying to leave the country. Also yesterday, the Assad regime agreed to admit observers from the Arab League, as the UN General Assembly condemned human rights violations. Will government brutality and sectarian differences lead to civil war? Is there a workable model for non-violent change? We talk with one of the few western reporters who’ve been inside the country about his visit to Homs, where he says a million people are living in fear.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      James Harkin

      Author and Journalist

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      Rania Abouzeid

      freelance journalist

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      Srdja Popovic

      Executive Director, Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies, Belgrade

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    Pressure on Syria Increases as Bloodshed Continues
    1. 0:00Republicans in the House Vote to Not Vote on a Payroll Tax Extension
    2. 7:35Pressure on Syria Increases as Bloodshed ContinuesYou’re reading this
    3. 44:06LAUSD Students Reject Healthful Food
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