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"Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ceasefire between Syrian opposition groups and the Syrian government starting at midnight on Thursday."

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He needs time to reload his bombers and strike aircraft.

There are still hospitals and schools he hasn't yet got to bombing, and lots of civilians still to be slaughtered.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-has-killed-more-civilians-than-isis-kg7wfsw8w

http://www.msf.org/en/article/syria-hospitals-hit-repeatedly-russian-and-syrian-airstrikes-condemning-hundreds-wounded

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