Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city

Intense blasts echoed through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs on Monday after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, local activists said. FULL STORY | WHY CHINA, RUSSIA WON'T CONDEMN REGIME | BLOODY STALEMATE AHEAD | OPINION: AID REBELS | U.S. CLOSES EMBASSY

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