Syria truce largely holds but 5 killed in protests

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syria cease-fire was largely holding Friday as tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets in the first major test of the U.N.-brokered truce. Activists said regime forces fired live bullets and tear gas in some locations, killing at least five people, but stood back in other areas where demonstrators beat drums, danced and chanted anti-regime slogans.
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