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Eugene

(61,903 posts) Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:19 AM Jul 2013

Syria death toll now over 100,000, says UN chief Ban

Source: BBC

25 July 2013 Last updated at 14:13 GMT

Syria death toll now over 100,000, says UN chief Ban

More than 100,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Syria, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.

The latest estimate of the number killed is 7,000 higher than that issued by the UN only last month.

Mr Ban was speaking at UN headquarters in New York alongside US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Both men stressed the urgency of finding a political solution to the conflict. Mr Ban appealed for fresh efforts to convene a peace conference.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23455760

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UN expects that the by the end of 2013 there will be 3.5 million Syrian refugees. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #1

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1. UN expects that the by the end of 2013 there will be 3.5 million Syrian refugees.

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Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:27 AM

Jul 2013

Syrian refugees: how many are there and where are they ? http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/jul/25/syrian-refugee-crisis-in-numbers-updated

I would assume that now the US is actively considering intervention of some description that in the event of making matters worse as opposed to better the US will issue all of them with visas.

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