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                            Syrian Talks at Impasse

   Syria`s main opposition group says peace talks with the government have
   hit a "dead end," after days of talks in Geneva without any
   breakthroughs.
   Opposition spokesman Louay Safi Friday blamed what he calls the
   government`s "belligerence.`` Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal
   Mikdad said the opposition has an "unrealistic agenda.``
   The opposition wants to discuss setting up a transitional government
   that would likely exclude President Bashar al-Assad. The government
   says the focus must be fighting terrorism. Damascus uses the word
   "terrorists" when talking about the rebels.
   In Syria, opposition activists said a car bomb blew up outside a mosque
   in the rebel-held village of Yadouda Friday, killing at least 29
   people.
   Syrian government television also reported the blast, but gave no
   details.
   Also Friday, the U.N. Security Council continued discussions on a draft
   resolution that, among other things, expresses "grave alarm" over
   civilians trapped by Syrian forces.
   Russia is threatening a veto, calling it too one-sided against the
   Syrian government.
   U.N. emergency relief coordinator Valerie Amos says getting aid to
   desperate civilians in Syria should not be a matter of controversy or
   politics.
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