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Over 200 people killed in Syria's Homs before U.N. vote (Reuters)

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington. The Obama administration pressed Russia on Friday to back a softened version of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the violence in Syria, though it was unclear if the compromise wording would compel President Bashar Assad to step down as Washington wants.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Reuters - More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call for President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.


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