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Summary Activists described killings as a turning point which exposed the hollowness of the president.
Thousands Syrian gathered in Nawa to call for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad at a funeral for protesters killed by security forces in the southern town.A witness said four people were killed on Saturday in the town which is about 25 km (15 miles) north of the city of Deraa, when they gathered to protest earlier shootings. At least 100 people were killed in Syria on Friday, the highest toll in the five weeks of unrest, when security forces shot protesters demanding political freedoms and an end to corruption in their country, ruled for 41 years by the Assad dynasty.At least 12 more people were killed on Saturday at mass funerals for the slain protesters, and rights campaigners said secret police raided homes near Damascus just after midnight on Sunday, arresting activists in the area.
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