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Posted: March 8, 2013 at 5:31 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We, the U.N. personnel here, are safe, and the Free Syrian Army are treating us good.We cannot go home because the government of [President Bashar] Assad do not stop the bombing. To our family, we hope to see you soon and we are OK here.” A Filipino peacekeeper being held by Syrian rebels, according to a video posted online Article, this page
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