SYRIA has agreed to a deadline to implement a peace plan, according to UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.

Mr Annan told the UN Security Council the country has backed the idea of such a deadline, which would include the end of troop movements towards population centres, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and a start to the withdrawal of troops, UN diplomats said.

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