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U.S. orders some embassy staff to leave Syria

by Reuters
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 02:16 GMT

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has ordered some non-essential U.S. embassy officials in Damascus and all embassy dependents to leave Syria because of the "uncertainty and volatility" in the country.

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