U.N. backs truce of 4 days in Syria
Hope slim that it will take hold
Posted: October 25, 2012 at 5:27 a.m.
Former President Jimmy Carter speaks about the cease-fire proposal Wednesday in Cairo along with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby (background) and others.
The U.N. Security Council gave unanimous backing Wednesday to a four-day truce proposed by the international mediator for Syria to mark a major Muslim holiday after he warned that the failure of yet another cease-fire plan would only worsen the fighting.
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