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Syria
lifts state of emergency after five decades
Wednesday April 20, 2011 08:23:32 AM,
RIA Novosti
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Damascus: The Syrian government Tuesday lifted the almost five-decade long
state of emergency in the country, the state-run SANA news agency
said.
On Saturday President Bashar al Assad pledged to abolish the
emergency law that has been in force since 1963. A new government
was formed in Syria Thursday as the country's leadership attempts to
placate protesters calling for reforms.
In response to pro-democracy protests, the authorities have pledged
to implement economic and political reforms.
On April 2, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had expressed deep
concern over the prevailing situation in Syria and called for
immediate end to use of violence against peaceful demonstrators in
the Middle East country.
An estimated 80 to 200 people have been killed in protests and
clashes that have raged since mid-March in Syria.
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