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UNICEF reaches agreement with Syria to expand relief efforts

Reuters: Humanitarian workers will be allowed to travel outside Damascus to help civilians brave violence, impending winter

October 8, 2012, 7:12 pm
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A Syrian boy, who fled his home with his family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, holds a plate with food to eat at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, Azaz, Syria, Sunday. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)
A Syrian boy, who fled his home with his family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, holds a plate with food to eat at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, Azaz, Syria, Sunday. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)
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