(Adds source saying Arab League mission likely to be extended)
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Opponents of Assad stage protests after Friday prayers
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Sarkozy criticises "ferocious repression"
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Arab League likely to renew monitoring mission - source
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Arab monitors report to League ministers this weekend
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
AMMAN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - At least six people were killed in Syria on Friday and the bodies of six others were turned over to their families, activists said, two days before the Arab League decides whether to keep monitors there despite their failure to halt bloodshed.
But a source at League headquarters in Cairo said member states were leaning towards extending the mission, which expired on Thursday, because of an assessment that the monitors' presence has reduced violence in some areas.
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