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                     Explosions Rock Damascus Neighborhoods

   by VOA News

    Opposition activists say Syrian warplanes bombed targets near Damascus
   on Friday, a day after an explosion in the capital left at least nine
   people dead.
   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says government
   shelling is underway in areas including Douma, a rebel stronghold.
   The state-run SANA news news agency says "terrorists" detonated
   explosives at a gas station in a Damascus neighborhood, on Thursday.
   There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
   Civil war between rebels and the Assad government has gripped Syria
   since evolving from peaceful anti-government protests in March 2011.
   The United Nations estimates 60,000 people have died in Syrian
   fighting, a figure that surpasses opposition estimates by about
   one-third.
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