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Assad faces dissent: 200 resign from party after crackdown
AMMAN: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faced rare dissent within his Baath Party and signs of discontent in the army over violent repression of protesters that a rights group said on Thursday had killed 500 people. Two hundred Baath members from southern Syria resigned on Wednesday after the government sent in tanks to crush resistance in Deraa.
Libyan rebels get US financial help
TRIPOLI: The US threw a financial lifeline to rebels controlling eastern Libya while forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi harried insurgent strongholds in the west and southeast of the country.
