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WASHINGTON (AFP) - United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday condemned the 'atrocity' of the deaths of 92 people in the Syrian town of Houla, joining global calls for world action to end the bloodshed. Related Stories Nepal faces months of instability after talks fail Crowds gather for Golden Gate Bridge celebration Tony Blair faces grilling over ties to Murdoch UN Council ...
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World outrage grew Saturday as details emerged about an attack in the Syrian village of Houla, which left more than 90 people dead, including nearly three dozen children, according to the United Nations.
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Updated at 6:01 p.m. ET -- The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously condemned the Syrian government for heavy-weapons attacks on the town of Houla, the site of a massacre of at least 108 people, including many children, the council president said.
Updated 5:39 a.m. ET Sunday: The perpetrators of a massacre that left more than 92 dead – including 32 young children – in Houla, Syria “must be identified and held to account," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday.
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Syrian forces shot dead at least two men on Sunday as protests broke out to condemn a massacre that killed at least 109 civilians, many of them children, in the town of Houla, opposition activists said.
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The head of a UN mission has warned of "civil war" in Syria after his observers counted more than 92 bodies, 32 of them children, in the central town of Houla following reports of a massacre there.
Rebel leaders vowed revenge Saturday for the deaths of nearly 100 Syrian villagers, including 32 children younger than 10, who the rebels say were killed by regime forces.
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