May 28, 2012
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Syria lifts decades-old state of emergency
20 April 2011 / REUTERS/AP, DAMASCUS
Syria’s government passed a bill on Tuesday lifting emergency law in the country, the official state news agency said. A senior lawyer said President Bashar al-Assad has to sign the legislation for it to take effect but that the his signature was a formality.
Earlier on Tuesday, Syrian forces opened fire to disperse protesters early in Homs, activists said, the latest city to be swept by the tide of unrest against Assad’s rule. By midday on Tuesday they said the center of Homs resembled a ghost town, with shops, markets and schools all closed in the city of around 700,000 people, where 17 protesters were killed on Sunday night. Another said that 25 wounded people were in hospital.Rights groups say more than 200 people have been killed in the protests which swept across Syria after demonstrations first broke out in the southern city of Daraa a month ago, inspired by the Arab uprisings which toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.
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