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(Reuters) - Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, a day after a bomber killed and wounded his security chiefs and rebels closed in on the centre of Damascus, vowing to "liberate" the capital.
By Mariam Karouny and Oliver Holmes
BEIRUT/AMMAN | Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:13pm EDT
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