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Sunday, March 10, 2013

BBC News - Syria refugee numbers may TRIPLE this year - UN

A Syrian woman carries her two-year-old grandson at a refugee camp in the village of Saadnayel in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, 6 March  
A Syrian refugee is seen here in Lebanon with her grandson, two, who is said to have been born on the first day of the uprising against President Assad.

The number of refugees from Syria may double or even triple this year if the conflict does not end, the UN's refugee chief has said.

Speaking in neighbouring Turkey, Antonio Guterres warned of the "risk of an explosion" across the Middle East if the crisis continued much longer..........

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