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Syria firefight with rebels kills 9

Shells that sailed into Golan Heights accidental, Israel says

Posted: September 26, 2012 at 4:16 a.m.

Syrian firefighters extinguish a fire in a Damascus school where several bombs went off Tuesday.

BEIRUT — Syrian soldiers fought rebels Tuesday in a firefight that killed nine people and sent several mortar shells sailing across the border into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

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