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Beating the blackout

Finding a way around censorship in Syria.

Since the start of the Syrian uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in March, the movement has spread to every corner of the country.

Faced with a media blackout, Syrian activists have used their mobile phones and social networking sites to publish daily news, photos and videos of the bloody crackdown by army security forces.

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