Syria's opposition warned of a "massacre" by government troops in the dissident central Homs province, as the death toll in the crackdown on protesters around the country climbed to 36 on Friday.
Eighteen of the deaths occurred in Homs and included three children and a woman, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported.
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