20 Jan 2012 03:26
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Tanks pull back from Zabadani, 20 killed elsewhere
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Arabs ponder next move as monitors' mandate ends
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Over 600 deaths counted since Arab observers began work
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U.N. Security Council paralysed by splits (Adds FT report on currency devaluation)
By Alistair Lyon
BEIRUT, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Syrian forces have retreated from a rebel-held town under a local ceasefire, residents said, but deadly violence raged on elsewhere as a month-long mandate for Arab League peace monitors in Syria was expiring.
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