Activists say Syrian troops killed 7 following visit by U.N. team to flashpoint city

BEIRUT — Syrian security forces killed at least seven people in a flashpoint central city following a visit by members of a U.N. humanitarian team, activists said Tuesday.

The United Nation's top human rights body, meanwhile, voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to demand that Syria end its bloody crackdown and cooperate with an international probe into possible crimes against humanity.

The U.N. has said the overall death toll from President Bashar Assad's crackdown on dissent has reached 2,200.

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Thomas Erdbrink 23 Aug, 2011

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