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Britain decries Syria bloodshed
Britain yesterday recalled its ambassador from Damascus and the US closed its embassy in Syria in a bid to force President Bashar al-Assad to leave power and halt the fast-growing death toll. As Syrian troops targeted the city of Homs, Foreign secretary William Hague hit out at Russia and China’s veto of a recent UN Security Council resolution on Syria and said the government would redouble efforts to stop the violence.