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Thousands flee Syrian city Homs as rebels advance further

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73% Informative

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing Syria 's third -largest city Homs in fear of rebel advance.

Rebels seized Hama to the north on Thursday , a second major blow to President Bashar al Assad .

Hama is a strategic city linking the capital to the Alawite heartland, Assad 's political stronghold.

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75

Informative language

71

Neutral language

69

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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