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Fatal violence despite Syria ceasefire
BEIRUT -- Two weeks into a ceasefire agreement, there still was no peace in Syria: Security agents in Damascus collected the remains of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing. Activists reported troops firing on protesters. Video showed a crowd carrying a slain boy to UN observers as proof of regime violence.
The head of the United Nations said Syrian President Bashar Assad's continued crackdown on protests has reached an "intolerable stage," and that the UN will try to speed up the deployment of up to 300 monitors to Syria. Only 15 are there now.
"The government of Syria must live up to its promises to the world," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday.
Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets across Syria for weekly anti-regime marches after Muslim noon prayers Friday. Amateur video from the central city of Homs, where the presence of UN observers helped halt weeks of artillery attacks, showed rows of men lining up in a main street, holding each other by the shoulders as they sang and danced.
In another protest, demonstrators held up 45 squares of cardboard with writing and drawings that -- when viewed together from above -- showed a picture of Assad and the words "oppression, corruption, despotism, demolition."
When they simultaneously flipped over the squares, it created a new message that read: "Toward a modern society that is more developed and sensible."
Troops have routinely opened fire on protests since the uprising against Assad began 13 months ago, but there appeared to be fewer violent incidents Friday than in previous weeks.
Still, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five protesters were killed by fire from the security forces, including a 10-year-old boy.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition April 28, 2012 A27
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