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Arab League calls urgent meeting on Syria monitors
CAIRO (AP) – The Arab League has called for an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw the group's monitors from Syria after reports that Syrian security forces are still killing anti-government protesters despite the observers' presence.
Deputy secretary-general, Ahmed bin Heli, said on Tuesday that the meeting will take place Saturday in Cairo.
On Monday, League chief Nabil Elaraby said Syrian troops are still killing anti-government protesters despite the presence of foreign monitors.
Activists say that in the week since the observers started their work in Syria on Dec. 27, hundreds have been slain.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-03/syria-arab-league/52351374/1
