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Damascus braces for U.S. strike

U.N. inspectors, who are expected to leave Syria by Saturday, took soil and water samples in the Damascus suburb where a chemical-carrying rocket was said to have struck. President Bashar al Assad remained defiant as the threat of U.S. military action looms. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
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