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Red Cross "can't cope" with Syria crisis

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This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, men running during heavy bombing from military warplanes in Houla, Syria, Nov. 6, 2012.  / AP GENEVASyria's civil war has been in a downward spiral since summer that makes it impossible for the Red Cross to cope with some of the country's humanitarian needs, the Red Cross president said Thursday. The civil war in Syria has killed more than 36,000 people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes since an uprising against the Syrian regime began in March 2011.

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Bashar al-Assad Syria Hafez al-Assad International Committee of the Red Cross Prison 2003 invasion of Iraq War History of Syria

People:

Peter Maurer

Overall Sentiment: -0.128007

Relevance: 0.635728

Sentiment	Quote
0.016462	"The seriousness of the crisis is deepening with every day and this trend has been uninterrupted since summer," Maurer said. ...
-0.118486	"The seriousness of the crisis is deepening with every day and this trend has been uninterrupted since summer," Maurer said. "We see the war and the fighting expanding."
-0.295695	"difficult negotiations" to expand the scope of their prison visits, he said. ...
0.0534687	he said, was President Bashar Assad's willingness to assign a senior Army officer within his military command to serve as a direct communications link with a Red Cross officer, giving the aid organization "a direct channel in terms of confidential conduct-of-hostility dialogue with the Syrian forces."
-0.212962	"It goes without saying that we do attempt to have the same type of dialogue with opposition forces," Maurer said. ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 5 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.5572123 Mean: -0.11144246 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

President Bashar Assad

Overall Sentiment: 0.213705

Relevance: 0.257097

Disambiguation: Physician | Politician | PresidentReferences:

• Bashar al-Assad
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• Bashar al-Assad: umbel
• Bashar al-Assad: opencyc
• Bashar al-Assad: yago

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Organization: Red Cross

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.933049

Disambiguation: Non-ProfitOrganisationReferences:

• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: dbpedia
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: freebase

Country: Syria

Overall Sentiment: -0.228684

Relevance: 0.419479

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• Syria
• Syria: dbpedia
• Syria: freebase
• Syria: ciaFactbook
• Syria: umbel
• Syria: opencyc
• Syria: yago

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Official says "war and the fighting expanding" creating too big a need for humanitarian group to supply

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Red Cross "can't cope" with Syria crisis

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