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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110403/wl_nm/us_syria_67
Defiant Syria Suburb Awaits Its Protest Dead
(Reuters) Hundreds of Syrians chanted "freedom" as they gathered early Sunday to receive home wounded protesters in Douma, the Damascus suburb taking the fight closest to President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power. Some 50 wounded arrived in secret police cars around midnight in Municipality Square, where at least five were killed on Friday. Thousands took to the streets in major cities after Friday prayers, defying the security forces who fired teargas and live ammunition and used batons to try to disperse protesters who have dismissed reform gestures by Assad. Syria expelled Reuters' Damascus correspondent last week. Two other foreign Reuters journalists were also expelled.