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SYRIAN insurgents marked the sixth anniversary of the start of the anti-government uprising yesterday with a double suicide bombing in the capital.
At least 30 people died in the attacks at the Palace of Justice in Damascus and a restaurant in the al-Rabwah district.
The official Sana news agency said the first bomber, dressed in military uniform, had surrendered his gun and a grenade to guards at the door of the court building.
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