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July 26, 2013

U.N.: Syria Death Toll Passes 100,000 
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The United Nations has increased its count of the death toll in Syria's
more than two-year civil war to more than 100,000. The figure is up from
the 93,000 deaths announced last month. Speaking before meeting with
Syrian opposition members at the United Nations, Secretary of State John
Kerry said the United States remains committed to convening
international peace talks in Geneva on ending Syria's conflict.

Secretary of State John Kerry: "There is no military solution to Syria.
There is only a political solution, and that will require leadership in
order to bring people to the table. Yesterday I had a conversation with
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of Russia. We remain committed to the
effort to bring the parties to a Geneva 2 to implement Geneva 1, and we
will try our hardest to make that happen as soon as it's possible."

 

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