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Assad expects assassinations, car bombs:

The Syrian leader, however, said his country will know how to handle these threats and expressed his confidence that Syria can overcome the external and internal crises.
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Assad's exit in Syria "inevitable": Saudi prince

Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former chief of Saudi intelligence services, said Assad had made his position clear by failing to live up to commitments made under an Arab League initiative to stop the bloodshed and start political dialogue. Ref. Source 9

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Syria: Assad says 'only a crazy person' would order mass killings:

"Who said that the United Nations is a credible institution?", Assad said in the interview. "Most of the people that have been killed are supporters of the government, not the vice versa," he said. The dead includes 1,100 soldiers and police, he said. Ref. Source 1

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Walters said Syrian trip frightened her (AP)
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AP - President Bashar Assad's first interview with a Western television journalist since a March uprising was a coup for Barbara Walters and ABC News, but not entirely for Assad.

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Assad sets Syria vote to end near 50-year Baath rule:

Syria's embattled president has called a referendum on a new constitution, effectively ending nearly five decades of single-party rule, it emerged Wednesday. Ref. Source 9

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Syria's Assad says will cooperate with UN peace plan if rebels halt violence

Syrian President Bashar Assad says will spare no effort to make the mission of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan a success but he demands that armed opponents commit to halting violence, it was reported on Thursday. Ref. Source 1

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Facing diplomatic isolation, Syria's Assad says he's willing to step aside

After losing his most important supporters outside Syria, President Bashar al Assad said his office "doesn't mean anything to me" and he's willing to give up it up, though preferably after national elections. Ref. Source 8

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Syrian National Council to tell Russia: no transition until Assad falls:

The fall of the Assad regime was a prerequisite, the statement said, "of any negotiations to arrange a transfer of power and the start of a transitional phase." Ref. Source 4