EU Bans Syrian Oil, as 14 Protesters Are Killed - WSJ.com
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The European Union banned all import of Syrian crude oil on Friday to protest Damascus's violent suppression of demonstrators, but the standoff between protesters and President Bashar al-Assad's government showed no signs of subsiding.
Security forces shot at least 14 marchers dead Friday as Syrians took to the streets following noon prayers. The largest protest appeared to take place in the city of Homs, where tens of thousands of people turned out against the Assad regime to support a day activists had labeled "death before humiliation." [ read more at link]
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