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Two killed by pro-regime militia in Syrian city
NICOSIA : Syrian pro-regime militiamen killed two people and wounded four early Monday in the central flashpoint protest
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"Around 1:00 am Monday (2300 GMT Sunday) after a demonstration in support of Bashar al-Assad, the militia entered an area hostile to the regime and opened fire, killing two and wounding four" in Hama, said Rami Abdel Rahman, the director of the Observatory.
On Sunday, Assad in a television interview scoffed at Western demands that he step down and warned against any foreign intervention in Syria.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011