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Syrian refugees go about their daily lives at the Oncupinar refugee camp in Kilis near Syria border, April 11. Syria pounded protest hubs, despite mounting pressure from world powers, as peace envoy Kofi Annan said there is still a chance to salvage his plan to halt hostilities within hours.
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Syrian refugee children look out from a bus window after arriving from Syria at the Oncupinar refugee camp in Kilis near the Syria border, April 11.
Bulent Kilic / AFP - Getty Images
Syrian refugees at the Oncupinar refugee camp in Kilis, April 11, 2012.
Nearly 25,000 people are now living in Turkey having fled the violence in Syria. But the exodus is still growing with numbers estimated to be as high as 55,000, Reuters reports.
Yesterday, Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman visited refugees in the Yayladagi camp on the Turkey-Syria border and called for arming the rebels in support of their fight against President Assad.