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Syria accuses Turkey of letting in extremists

Posted: September 17, 2012 at 5:23 a.m.

A Syrian woman, who fled her home because of fighting between rebels and government forces, hangs laundry Sunday as she and her family take refuge at the Samiya al-Makhzumi school in Damascus.

Syria accused neighboring Turkey on Sunday of allowing thousands of Muslim extremists to cross into its territory, as the government and opposition said an explosion killed at least seven and cut off a main road leading south from the capital.

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