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Posted: 1/17/2013 4:18:29 PM EST
This undated image provided by Auroch Digital Ltd. shows the video game "Endgame: Syria." The new video game based on Syria's civil war seeks to illustrate the hard choices facing the country's rebels. The game's British developer hopes it will inform people about the nearly two-year old conflict, but reactions have been mixed. (AP Photo/Auroch Digital Ltd.)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 4:18:29 PM EST
This undated image provided by Auroch Digital Ltd. shows the video game "Endgame: Syria." The new video game based on Syria's civil war seeks to illustrate the hard choices facing the country's rebels: Should one agree to a negotiated peace with the regime of President Bashar Assad or dispatch jihadist fighters to attack pro-government thugs?. The game's British developer hopes it will inform people about the nearly two-year old conflict, but reactions have been mixed. (AP Photo/Auroch Digital Ltd.)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 4:18:29 PM EST
This undated image provided by Auroch Digital Ltd. shows the video game "Endgame: Syria." The new video game based on Syria's civil war seeks to illustrate the hard choices facing the country's rebels. The game's British developer hopes it will inform people about the nearly two-year old conflict, but reactions have been mixed. (AP Photo/Auroch Digital Ltd.)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 4:18:29 PM EST
This undated image provided by Auroch Digital Ltd. shows the video game "Endgame: Syria." The new video game based on Syria's civil war seeks to illustrate civilian loss due to heavy fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces. The British developer of the video game says he wants to educate people about the conflict, but reactions have been mixed. Apple won't distribute it, some players find it insulting and one Syrian fan has suggested ways to make it more realistic. (AP Photo/Auroch Digital Ltd.)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 4:08:24 PM EST
Syrians and Jordanians mourn 7 members of one Syrian family who died late last Wednesday night after a fire start in their caravan at King Abdullah Gardens refugees processing center, in Ramtha, near the Syrian border, Jordan, Jan. 17, 2013. A fire in a center for refugees who fled the Syrian civil war killed seven members of a family, a civil defense spokesman said Wednesday, the latest tragedy to befall tens of thousands who escaped the violence in Syria only to face difficult winter conditions in camps across the border in Jordan. A kerosene heating unit accidentally flipped over, spreading kerosene on the ground and causing a huge blaze, said Col. Fareed Sharaa. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)
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Posted: 1/14/2013 3:25:19 PM EST
Former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, his wife Aniseh, sons Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd and daughter Bushra (standing, L-R) pose for a family portrait, in this undated Sana file picture. The current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been engaged in a civil war since March 2011, in which more than 60,000 people have been killed. REUTERS/Sana/Files (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Posted: 1/14/2013 3:25:19 PM EST
Former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, his wife Aniseh, sons Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd and daughter Bushra (standing, L-R) pose for a family portrait, in this undated Sana file picture. The current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been engaged in a civil war since March 2011, in which more than 60,000 people have been killed. REUTERS/Sana/Files (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Posted: 1/14/2013 7:13:26 AM EST
Men help a wounded civilian after a mortar attack in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The revolution against the Syrian regime started in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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Posted: 1/13/2013 12:53:48 PM EST
A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The revolution against the Syrian regime started in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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Posted: 1/13/2013 12:53:48 PM EST
Two dead bodies lie on a street in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The revolution against the Syrian regime started in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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Posted: 1/13/2013 12:53:48 PM EST
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A man helps carry the dead boy of a civilian killed after a mortar attack in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The revolution against the Syrian regime started in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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Posted: 1/13/2013 12:53:48 PM EST
A street controlled by government forces is seen through a sniper in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The revolution against the Syrian regime started in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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Posted: 1/13/2013 12:53:48 PM EST
Men help a wounded civilian after a mortar attack in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The revolution against the Syrian regime started in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
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Posted: 1/11/2013 3:38:40 PM EST
FILE - This April 1, 2010 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad meeting with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., President Barack Obama's choice to become the next secretary of state, at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. Kerry's past words of encouragement for Syrian President Bashar Assad are certain to draw scrutiny at his confirmation hearing for secretary of State as the Mideast ruler's brutal crackdown has plunged the country into months of deadly civil war and turned Assad into a pariah. (AP Photo/SANA, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **
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Posted: 1/8/2013 3:23:24 PM EST
This undated publicity photo provided by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox shows Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln looking across a battlefield in the aftermath of a terrible siege in this scene from director Steven Spielberg's drama "Lincoln" from DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox. Steven Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning his 11th film nomination Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, for his Civil War epic "Lincoln." (AP Photo/DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, David James, File)
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Posted: 1/8/2013 3:23:24 PM EST
FILE - This April 18, 2012 file photo shows Steven Spielberg as he arrives at Entertainment Industry Foundation's "Unforgettable Evening," in Beverly Hills, Calif. Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning his 11th film nomination Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, for his Civil War epic "Lincoln." (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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Posted: 1/8/2013 3:23:24 PM EST
FILE - This undated publicity film image provided by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows elite Navy SEAL's raiding Osama Bin Laden's compound in the dark night in Columbia Pictures' gripping new thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty." Steven Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning his 11th film nomination Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, for his Civil War epic "Lincoln." Also nominated were past winners Kathryn Bigelow for her Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty"; Tom Hooper for his musical "Les Miserables"; and Ang Lee for his lost-at-sea story "Life of Pi." Rounding out the lineup is first-time nominee Ben Affleck for his Iran hostage crisis tale "Argo." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley, File)
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Posted: 1/8/2013 3:23:24 PM EST
FILE - This publicity film image released by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox shows Daniel Day-Lewis portraying Abraham Lincoln in the film "Lincoln." Steven Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning his 11th film nomination Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, for his Civil War epic "Lincoln." (AP Photo/DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, David James, file)
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Posted: 1/8/2013 3:23:24 PM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2012 file photo, Director Kathryn Bigelow participates in a "Zero Dark Thirty" photo call in New York. Steven Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning his 11th film nomination Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, for his Civil War epic "Lincoln." Also nominated were past winners Kathryn Bigelow for her Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty"; Tom Hooper for his musical "Les Miserables"; and Ang Lee for his lost-at-sea story "Life of Pi." Rounding out the lineup is first-time nominee Ben Affleck for his Iran hostage crisis tale "Argo." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Posted: 1/8/2013 3:23:24 PM EST
FILE - This June 7, 2012 file photo shows director Steven Spielberg at the AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Shirley MacLaine at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif. Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning his 11th film nomination Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, for his Civil War epic "Lincoln." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)