Major U.N. peace conference in Switzerland
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Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Meqdad addresses the media after a meeting at the Geneva Conference on Syria at the UN in Geneva
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Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, addresses a news conference at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks off after a news conference in Beijing
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference in Beijing
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Louay Safi, center, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, points to a journalist during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Wednesday, Feb 12, 2014. Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov arrived in Geneva and met with U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi who was pessimistic over any progress at the talks. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Louay Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, gestures as he talks to journalists after a meeting with the Syrian government at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014. A second round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition bogged down quickly Tuesday in recriminations about who was responsible for escalating violence that has killed hundreds in the past few days and disrupted food aid for trapped civilians. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Louay Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, gestures as he talks to journalists after a meeting with the Syrian government at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014. A second round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition bogged down quickly Tuesday in recriminations about who was responsible for escalating violence that has killed hundreds in the past few days and disrupted food aid for trapped civilians. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov shakes hands with his Algerian counterpart Lamamra during a news conference in Moscow
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Louay Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, looks out of his car as he leaves a meeting with the Syrian government at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014. A second round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition bogged down quickly Tuesday in recriminations about who was responsible for escalating violence that has killed hundreds in the past few days and disrupted food aid for trapped civilians. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Louay Safi, center, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, gestures during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Monday, Feb 10, 2014. Syrian government and opposition delegates began a fresh round of U.N.-brokered peace talks Monday, but prospects for common ground appeared unlikely as the two sides traded accusations over weekend violence that disrupted food distribution meant to ease the plight of civilians. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Meqdad addresses the media after a meeting at the Geneva Conference on Syria at the UN in Geneva
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Louay Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, addresses the media after a meeting at the Geneva Conference on Syria, in Geneva
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Louay Safi, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, addresses the media after a meeting at the Geneva Conference on Syria, in Geneva
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UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Brahimi gestures during a news conference at the UN in Geneva
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Syria's Foreign Minister and head of the Syrian government delegation Walid al-Moallem gestures during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi tried to put a positive spin Friday on the first face-to-face meetings in three years between Syria's warring sides, suggesting they reconvene Feb. 10 for a fresh attempt at bridging the chasm between them. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Brahimi gestures during a news conference at the UN in Geneva
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Shaaban, advisor to Syrian President Assad, speaks to the media after a meeting at the Geneva Conference on Syria at the United Nations in Geneva
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Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Meqdad speaks to the media after a meeting at the Geneva Conference on Syria at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva
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Louay Safi, center, spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, is surrounded by UN security as he leaves a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 30, 2014. Syrian negotiators have resumed their peace talks involving U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, a day after President Bashar Assad's adviser rejected the opposition's call for a transitional governing body. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Bouthaina Shaaban, advisor to Syrian President Assad, gestures as she leaves after meeting with the Syrian opposition at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Syria's opposition says there has been no progress on aid convoys reaching a besieged city in central Syria and the release of prisoners from government jails. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Louay Safi spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, arrives for a meeting with the Syrian government at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The United States have restarted deliveries of non-lethal aid to the Syrian opposition, officials said Monday, more than a month after al-Qaida-linked militants seized warehouses and prompted a sudden cutoff of Western supplies to the rebels. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Syrian chief negotiator Bashar Ja'afari, left, Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of the Syria to UN New York, leaves the meeting, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Syrians on opposite sides of their country’s civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, with peace talks focusing on an aid convoy to a besieged city that once more came under mortar attack from the government. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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Monzer Akbik, center, a spokesman of the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, is surrounded by journalists after a meeting with the Syrian government at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Syrians on opposite sides of their country’s civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, with peace talks focusing on an aid convoy to a besieged city that once more came under mortar attack from the government. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks during a news conference at the U.N. headquarter in Geneva
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, gestures as he speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Iran's foreign minister is calling for all "foreign elements" to leave Syria so its people can decide their future themselves. Speaking on a panel discussion about the Middle East at the World Economic Forum, Javad Zarif said Iran also wants to see an end to foreign support for opponents of President Bashar Assad's government and a recognition by all sides that there can be no military solution to the conflict. He said Tehran hoped for a negotiated settlement. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Syrian opposition delegation arrive for a meeting with U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Geneva
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Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrives for a meeting with U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Geneva
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Syrian Information Minister Omran Zoabi speaks to a journalist during his arrival for a meeting with U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Geneva
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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem, third left, arrives for the start of negotiations at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, January 24, 2014. Al-Mouallem will meet UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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Ahmad al-Jarba, leader of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria's main political opposition group, raises his hand during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Al-Jarba announced that the Syrian peace talk negotiations will be difficult and that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is now part of the past. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sits beside U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi as he addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux
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Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Ja'afari, speaks during a press conference during the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the meeting saying that the peace talks will face "formidable" challenges for Syria. Ban called on the Syrian government and the opposition trying to overthrow it to negotiate in good faith.(AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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U.N. Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi, left, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a joint press conference during the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the meeting saying that the peace talks will face "formidable" challenges for Syria. Ban called on the Syrian government and the opposition trying to overthrow it to negotiate in good faith. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux
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Syria's envoy to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari speaks and shows a document during a news conference after the Geneva-2 peace talks in Montreux
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U.N. special envoy for Syria Brahimi speaks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban at the opening of the Geneva-2 peace conference in Montreux
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Swiss President Didier Burkhalter addresses a news conference before he leaves peace talks in Montreux
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Members of movement Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, "Oxfam", put white roses on symbolic gravestones, on the opening day of the Geneva II peace talks on Syria, in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Representatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad, a divided opposition, world powers and regional bodies started the peace conference. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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U.S. Secretary of State Kerry talks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prior to peace talks in Montreux
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A pro-Assad demonstrator gestures as he holds the Syrian national flag in front of venue where Syria peace conference is held, in Montreux
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A pro-Assad demonstrators carry portraits of Syrian President al-Assad in front of venue where Syria peace conference is held, in Montreux
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Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari attends the opening of the Geneva-2 peace conference in Montreux
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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal attends the opening of the Geneva-2 peace conference in Montreux
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U.S. Secretary-General Ban leads the opening of the Geneva-2 peace conference in Montreux
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Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem leads his delegation during a plenary session in Montreux
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U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Brahimi awaits peace talks in Montreux
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives at Geneva International airport, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Ban Ki-moon arrived to join this week's Syria peace talks in Montreux and Geneva. (AP Photo/Salvatore Di Nolfi, pool)
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U.S. Secretary of State Kerry, U.N. Secretary-General Ban and Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov join hands after their tri-lateral meeting in Montreux, Switzerland
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) extends his hand to shake hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Montreux, Switzerland
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The United Nations on Friday halted the evacuation of civilians from the blockaded city of Homs until the fate of men detained from the rebel-held areas becomes clear, a senior U.N. official said.
The development came just a day after a cease-fire was extended for three more days, the second such extension since the truce first went into effect last week. Hundreds more civilians are believed to still be trapped in rebel-held parts of the city, mostly in the medieval quarter known as Old Homs.
Matthew Hollingworth, deputy U.N. team leader for the Homs mission, told The Associated Press by telephone from Damascus that dozens of men and boys aged 15 to 55 — who left Old Homs earlier during the evacuation — are still being held and questioned by Syrian authorities.
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