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Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order

Reuters | Mar. 27, 2011 (News Report)

President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army for the first time in Syria's main port of Latakia after nearly two weeks of protests spread across the country. Full Story »

Posted by Jon Mitchell - via Slatest, Reuters, Ray Nichols (t), Moises Figueroa (t)

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Subjects: World, Politics, Community
Topics: Middle East, Syria, Social Change, Government
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Posted by: Posted by Jon Mitchell - Mar 26, 2011 - 8:04 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Jon Mitchell (review), Edward MacNabb (review), Fred Gatlin (review), Ajendra Ray (review)
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Mar 27, 2011 - 11:39 AM PDT

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Jon Mitchell
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 by Jon Mitchell - Mar. 27, 2011

Very informative report on Syria, the latest Middle East nation to rise up against its government.

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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Mar. 28, 2011

The article is good journalisms. The story covers Syria's demonstrations and what Syria government did not try to stop the demonstrations.

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Edward MacNabb
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 by Edward MacNabb - Mar. 28, 2011
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