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Jordan opens first tent camp for Syrian refugees

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Jordan says it has opened its first tent camp for Syrians fleeing violence in their country, saying a surge of refugees forced it to do so.

 

Authorities had been reluctant to set up the camps, possibly to avoid angering Syrian President Bashar Assad's autocratic regime by concentrating images of civilians fleeing his military onslaught. (AP)

 

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