Quick action needed to stop Syria violence: UN

Quick action needed to stop Syria violence: UN
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Summary There is no time to waste, no time to lose, UN chief said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the international community needs to act quickly to stem the yearlong bloodshed in Syria, saying even a one-minute delay means more deaths.He says its the most crucial issue facing the world today.Ban told reporters Tuesday in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, that there is no time to waste, no time to lose. Just one minute, one hour delay will mean more and more people dead.The United Nations says well over 8,000 people have died as a result of Syrias bloody crackdown on protesters.There were signs this week that the countrys outgunned opposition was increasingly turning to insurgent tactics, with rebels battling the regime with machine guns and automatic rifles in the streets of the capital.

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