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                    Syrian Sides Meet for Joint Peace Talks

   by VOA News

   U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is holding joint talks Tuesday
   with delegates from the Syrian government and the opposition to
   President Bashar al-Assad.
   The meeting in Geneva comes on the second day of a new round of talks,
   as Brahimi tries to get the parties to negotiate an end to nearly three
   years of fighting and set up a transitional government.
   He held separate meetings with the two sides Monday. The first round of
   talks ended last month with little progress.
   Meanwhile, humanitarian workers are continuing an effort to aid
   civilians in the battered city of Homs.
   The government and opposition have agreed to a humanitarian pause in
   Homs through Wednesday, which the United Nations hopes will allow more
   supplies to reach the area and for more civilians to get out. More than
   800 people have been evacuated from the rebel-held city since Thursday.
   More than 130,000 people have been killed and nine million forced from
   their homes since the conflict began in 2011.
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