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Syria Agrees to Arab League Plan to Avoid UN Action
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Syria agreed to an Arab League proposal that will allow monitors into the country as regional states seek to end the crackdown on protesters that has claimed at least 5,000 lives.
The signing of the accord in Cairo was announced today on Syrian state television. The agreement came after the Arab League amended the original text following a request from Syria, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallem said in a televised news conference from Damascus.