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Calls for tough UN action after Syria killings

Peace envoy Kofi Annan said Friday Syria had "flouted" Security Council resolutions with mass killings in Treimsa village, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon demanded that the Council act to stop the bloodshed.

Thousands of Syrians from Mareh, a city in the northern countryside of Syria, protest against the massacre in Treimsa.

Activists said about 150 people were killed in what the Syrian opposition charged was a massacre by regime forces on Thursday but which the government claimed was a clash with rebels.

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