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BBCNewswithDavidAustin
ActivistgroupsinSyriasaygovernmentforceshavekilledupto 40 peopleinnewviolenceonThursday. TheysaysecurityforcesshotintothecrowdsgatheringinneighbourhoodsthatwereexpectingvisitsbyobserversfromtheArabLeague. JimMuirreportsfromBeirut.
Thebodyof 40-year-oldMarioKhutanliesinadarkenedroominHama, hisyoungsonmourningoverhim. ActivistssayhewasoneofmanykilledbysecurityforcessincetheArabobserversbegantheirmissiononTuesday. Whereverthey'vegone, theobservershavedrawnhugecrowdsofanti-regimeprotesters - alldesperateto
vent
theirgrievances. Theyarechanting "thepeoplewantyoutohangBashar". ThiswasinIdlibinthenorthwest, neartheTurkishborder, andtheywerereferringtoPresidentBasharal-Assad.
SecurityforcesinEgypthave
raided
the offices of a number of pro-democracy and human rights groups. Computers and papers are said to have been seized. Among the offices raided are two US-based organisations: the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute. The United States said it's deeply
concernedover
theraids. Aspokeswoman, VictoriaNuland, describedthemasinappropriate.
"WecallontheEgyptiangovernmenttoimmediatelyendthe
harassment
of (NGOs,) NGO staff, return all property and resolve this issue immediately." Egypt recently blamed foreign intervention for the