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U.N. monitors arrive in Syria as killings continue

The first members of a U.N. observer team will begin their work in Syria on Monday, tasked with monitoring a tenuous cease-fire that is showing signs of collapse.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=nUWTSaGXf6U:2P3qzAKT05Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=nUWTSaGXf6U:2P3qzAKT05Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=nUWTSaGXf6U:2P3qzAKT05Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=nUWTSaGXf6U:2P3qzAKT05Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=nUWTSaGXf6U:2P3qzAKT05Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cn

U.N. monitors to begin work in Syria on Monday

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6 U.N. observers arrive in Syria

The team is to begin monitoring a cease-fire Monday morning, but as of Sunday, violence continued in Homs and other areas.BEIRUT — Six United Nations observers arrived in the capital of Syria on Sunday night to begin monitoring a cease-fire even as violence continued in parts of the country, further fraying the peace plan.

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