Explosions kill 83 at Syrian university as exams begin
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Syrian security personnel and civilians gather at the site where two explosions rocked the University of Aleppo, killing 83 people and wounding dozens on Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency Sana, damages cars are seen after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency Sana, Syrian people gather at the site after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency Sana, Syrian people gather at the site after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency Sana, Syrians stand in rubble of the damaged university building caused by an explosion in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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A Syrian man stands in the debris following an explosion outside Aleppo University, between the university dormitories and the architecture faculty, on Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Syrian security personnel and civilians gather at the site where two explosions rocked the University of Aleppo, killing 83 people and wounding dozens on Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency Sana, damages cars are seen after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency Sana, Syrian people gather at the site after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency Sana, Syrian people gather at the site after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency Sana, Syrians stand in rubble of the damaged university building caused by an explosion in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
A Syrian man stands in the debris following an explosion outside Aleppo University, between the university dormitories and the architecture faculty, on Jan 15, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
BEIRUT (REUTERS) - Two explosions tore through one of Syria's biggest universities on the first day of student exams on Tuesday, killing 83 people and wounding dozens, a monitoring group said.
Bloodshed has disrupted civilian life across Syria since a violent government crackdown in early 2011 on peaceful demonstrations for democratic reform turned the unrest into an armed insurgency bent on overthrowing President Bashar Al-Assad.
More than 50 countries asked the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Tuesday to refer the crisis to the International Criminal Court, which prosecutes people for genocide and war crimes. But Russia - Assad's long-standing ally and arms supplier - blocked the initiative, calling it "ill-timed and counterproductive".
Each side in the 22-month-old conflict blamed the other for Tuesday's blasts at the University of Aleppo, located in a government-held area of Syria's most populous city.
