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REYHANLI, Turkey – Violence in Syria and at its borders continued to rage Monday on the eve of a cease-fire that analysts said they doubted would be agreed to by President Bashar Assad.

"The Syrian government is in a race against time to basically crush the armed wing of the uprising and have the upper hand in any political negotiations," said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Center, London School of Economics.

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