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Mass anti-regime protest in the Saqba area of Damascus on Friday

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2100 GMT: Blackout. Electricity has been cut in the capital tonight --- the BBC's Lina Sinjab reports:

Black out in #Damascus power shut down almost all over the city. Was planning to read a book :-(

— Lina Sinjab (@BBCLinaSinjab) February 16, 2013

As ever social life in #Damascus is what keeps us going within minutes friends nearby gather on candle light and laugh despite darkness

— Lina Sinjab (@BBCLinaSinjab) February 16, 2013

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