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A deluge of water floods the Battery Tunnel in Manhattan. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
by Jeremy Schultz on 10/30/2012 2:01:52 AMWest may boost Syria rebels if Assad won't talk peace
AMMAN - Washington threatened on Wednesday to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political end to a civil war that is spreading across borders.
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