Syrian president rejects intervention

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Syria's president has said he will not accept any foreign intervention to end the violence in his country.

Bashar al-Assad said it was his government's duty to protect civilians from what he called terrorists.

He said the solution to the crisis had to come from Syrians themselves.

Julie Peacock reports.

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