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An image grab taken from the state-run Syrian TV shows Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad making a public address on the latest developments in the country and the region on January 6, 2013. Assad last spoke in public on June 3 when he addressed parliament in Damascus. AFP PHOTO/SYRIAN TV
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