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\f0\b\fs24 \cf2 BY JOHN O\'92CONNOR \b0 \
\b ANCHOR CANDICE AVILES \b0 \
\ An attack on the Syrian town of Houla killed
at least 90 people Saturday, including around 25 children. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125265258397885.html"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 According to Al Jazeera}},
the U.N.-sanctioned peace plan is being ignored daily.
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0\b \'93A series of peace-plans hasn\'92t
tempered the spiraling violence. To the contrary, some activists say the latest peace-plan has
provided a cover for the army to carry on attacking them.\'94
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 U.N. officials say the forces behind the
attack in Houla have yet to be determined. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18216176"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 The BBC reports}}... \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0\b \'93UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the Syrian opposition controlled \'91significant parts
of some cities.\'92 He said that \'91established terrorist groups\'92 could have been behind
some of the recent bomb blasts in Syria judging from the sophistication of the attacks.\'94
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 Regardless of the party responsible for
most recent attacks, activists say the cease-fire plan brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi
Annan has been less than effective in reducing the violence. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BY2G8s0BuE0BUjblWv3UWkh7JkacMn8BWwkUHitppoY/edit"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 France 24 has the details}}.
\'a0 \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0\b \'93An increasingly militarized opposition violates the cease-fire. Since it began human
rights activists say some 1,500 civilians have been killed.\'94
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/26/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1"}}{\fldrslt
\f0 \cf3 \ul \ulc3 CNN reports}} \f0 the Syrian National Council has called
for an emergency meeting with the U.N. Security Council \'85
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0\b \'93 \'85 to figure what exactly their
mandate is there, what exactly they can do, and how much more can they do to protect civilians
in Syria from this kind of savagery.\'94 \f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-57442076/activists-put-syria-attack-death-toll-at-over-90/"}}{\fldrslt \f0 \cf3 \ul \ulc3 According to CBS}}
\f0 , more than 9,000 people \'97 mostly civilians \'97 have been killed in Syria since the conflict
began in 2011.\ }