Syria's Assad denies ordering deadly crackdown (AP)

[TimesTen]

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111202/capt.b832448f470c454fa64a445b74c60628-b832448f470c454fa64a445b74c60628-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=mxiI647HAoT2KZWShJo1JQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A pro-Syrian regime protester waves a Syrian flag as he stands in front of portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad, during a protest against sanctions, Damascus, Syria, Friday Dec. 2, 2011. International intervention, such as the NATO action in Libya that helped topple Moammar Gadhafi, is all but out of the question in Syria. But the European Union, the Arab League, Turkey and others have piled on sanctions aimed at crippling the regime once and for all. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)" border="0" /></a>AP - Syria's president has denied that he ordered a deadly crackdown on a nearly 9-month-old uprising against his rule.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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