Analysis: Syria's Assad unbowed by Annan plan
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The UN insists a fragile truce it brokered in Syria is holding, even though regime forces have been hammering the rebellious city of Homs with artillery for days.
It's a sign of the leeway the international community seems willing to give President Bashar Assad in hopes of forcing him into the next stage of special envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan – talks with opponents who demand his removal. (AP)
