Wounded Protesters Tortured In Hospital And Unarmed Children Shot Dead: UN Accuses Syria Of Crimes Against Humanity As Assad Continues Brutal Assault On Rebels -- Daily Mail
* Brutal military crackdown on city of Homs continues for a twentieth day
* Villages on Turkish border targeted to stop rebel supply routes
* U.S. and other countries now 'looking at arming rebels'
* World leaders meet in Tunisia tomorrow to look at how to help opposition
* William Hague: 'Time is against the regime'
Syrian forces have shot dead unarmed women and children, shelled residential areas and tortured wounded protesters in hospital under orders from the 'highest level' of army and government officials, the United Nations said today.
Independent UN investigators called for perpetrators of such crimes against humanity to face prosecution and said they had drawn up a confidential list of names of commanding officers and officials alleged to be responsible.
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