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FRENCH PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK PRESENTS CONDOLENCES TO BASHAR AL-ASSAD
DAP2000061317 - 13 JUNE - DAMASCUS, SYRIA: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) presents his condolences to Bashar al-Assad son of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad at the Presidential Palace June 13. gd/SANA UPI

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Turkey Sunday accused neighboring Syria of being behind the weekend car bombings that killed 46 people in the border town of Reyhanli.
A trio of U.S. senators said the Obama administration must do more to identify and assist friendly elements of the anti-Assad rebel forces fighting in Syria.
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U.S. OKs direct non-lethal aid to rebels
The United States, for the first time, will provide food and medical support directly to to anti-government rebels in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry said.
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The Syrian government stepped up attacks on rebels in Damascus Sunday with warplanes and intensified artillery, anti-government activists in Beirut said.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the main obstacle to peace in Syria is rebel insistence on toppling the government.
Assad calls rebels 'enemies of God'
Standing defiantly against pressure to step down, Syrian President Bashar Assad called on the Syrian public to fight rebels he deemed "enemies of God."
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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to victims from the May 20 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. The EF-5 tornado cut a path of destruction approximately 17 miles by 1.3 miles wide and left 24 people dead. UPI/J.P. Wilson