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This image taken from video filmed over the past several days by an independent cameraman and made available Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012 a member of the group that calls itself Free Syrian Army firing a gun in Homs, Syria. The bombardment of Homs, the hot bed of the resistance to President Bashar Assad's regime, has intensified over recent days, after Syria's allies Russia and China vetoed a Western and Arab-backed resolution at the United Nations that would have condemned the Assad regime's crackdown on dissent and called on him to transfer some of his powers to his deputy. (AP Photo/APTN)

Violence escalates in Syria

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 10:20am

BEIRUT -- Syrian forces renewed their assault on the flashpoint city of Homs on Tuesday as Russia's foreign minister held talks in Damascus with President Bashar Assad about the country's escalating violence.

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France to bring home staff from embassy in Iran

Last updated Saturday, December 3, 2011 - 9:21am

PARIS -- France is temporarily downsizing its embassy in Iran and will bring some employees and their families home, a French official said Saturday. The move is the latest fallout from protesters' storming of the British embassy in Tehran and adds to the international pressure on the Iranian government.

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