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with David Legge

叙利亚再次爆发反政府抗议活动

There's been another day of widespread anti-government protests in Syria. Official media said a number of policemen had been shot and one had died. Unconfirmed reports from activists said at least 16 demonstrators were killed by the security forces in several locations. Much of the worst violence took place in the city of Homs, with film of it posted on a social media website.

Disturbances were reported from nearly all parts of Syria, including in the second biggest city Aleppo. Meanwhile, in the north of the country, the Syrian military has continued its operations. About 10,000 people who've fled their homes are camping on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey. Our correspondent Matthew Price reports from one of the Syrian camps.

There are a number of

makeshift

shelters here, and there's a rather large tent. These are all people who've moved here in the last few days, and they all say that they are frightened, frightened of their army, frightened of their president. In one tent, Saad Fatemi Khabchi, elderly and frail. "I came here because of the violence," she said, "because of the army." The tactic is to crush the rebellion, but for now at least the crackdown seems to be fanning its flames.

阿根廷最大传媒集团掌门人养女养子疑是政治犯遗孤

The heirs to Argentina's main media group have agreed to DNA tests to establish whether they really are the children of left-wing prisoners killed by the armed forces in the 1970s. Marcela and Felipe Noble Herrera, the adopted children of the owner of the Clarin group, are