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Syria protests 'not going away'

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Anti-government protestors in Syria claim that at least 62 people were killed in Friday's demonstrations.

It is claimed that more than 500 have now died in the regime's effort to suppress dissent.

Correspondent Jim Muir reports on the latest from Beirut.


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