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In a further sign of international pressure, the United Nations General Assembly voted to condemn Syria's use of force to quell protests, with Russia and China abstaining instead of voting against. The Arab League said it was not ready to lift economic sanctions aimed at pressuring Syria to let in monitors, but that an advance delegation would reach Damascus this week. It would prepare a mission to monitor compliance with an agreement that calls for troops to withdraw from cities where protests have been held, for political prisoners to be freed, and for a dialogue with opposition groups, most of whom are set on following the example of Egypt and others in ending decades of one-man rule. Insisting that Syria had not been forced into submission, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said he had won several unspecified modifications before signing the deal, which initially allows in observers for one month. "The Arab League delegation's reports will be sent to me and the League's secretary-general at the same time, and he and I will discuss them before any other action is taken," Moualem said. "That is the text after Syria's modifications." The remarks were broadcast on Syrian television. Most foreign media have been barred from Syria this year. "POINT OF NO RETURN" While many Arab League rulers scarcely take more heed of public opinion than Assad does, they are anxious to calm the situation in Syria and avoid a civil war that could shake a region already riven by rivalries between non-Arab Shi'ite power Iran and Sunni Arab heavyweights such as Saudi Arabia. Iran, Syria's' key backer, said the agreement to let in observers from the Arab League was "acceptable," if not ideal. The U.S. State Department said it was skeptical that the deal would offer much change. "We are really less interested in a signed piece of paper than we are in actions to implement commitments made," spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters in Washington. With rebel fighting against the army overshadowing peaceful protests, analysts said the Arab deal would do little to change Syria's spiraling bloodshed but indicated that Damascus was feeling the international pressure. "The international and regional isolation is beginning to have an impact on their thinking," said Julien Barnes-Dacey, of Control Risks in London. "But a point of no return has been passed by both protesters and authorities. They are not going to withdraw (from protest centers) and we are not going to see the end of deaths." The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 60 army deserters had been shot dead by machinegun fire as they tried to flee their base, citing accounts from wounded survivors. It also counted 40 civilians shot dead across Syria in the crackdown on protests. The British-based observatory also said three soldiers had died in fighting with armed rebels backing the opposition in Idlib province. The state news agency SANA said security forces there had killed at least one "terrorist" and wounded several. One independent opposition figure, Samir Aita, argued that the Arab League plan could be a turning point if it stemmed violence and put peaceful protests back at centre stage: "When the observers are there, there can be peaceful demonstrations and the uprising can get back in the major cities to its peaceful civic stand." The United Nations says over 5,000 people have died since the protests began. Syria says more than 1,100 security personnel have been killed by foreign-backed "armed terrorist gangs." OPPOSITION CALLS FOR FORCE Arab foreign ministers voted to impose sanctions last month after Syria balked at signing the protocol on monitors, and threatened last week to take their plan to the Security Council. 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Paterno called Curley, the university's athletic director, the next day, and a week and a half later McQueary met with Curley and Schultz — who oversaw university police in his position as a vice president. What precisely was said at those meetings, and what Curley and Schultz did or didn't do afterward is at the heart of the government's case against them. Their lawyers have declined recent requests for comment, but previously have said the two men deny the allegations and indicated they will contest the facts alleged by the attorney general's office and dispute how the particular offenses have been applied to them. Also at issue are statements McQueary has made in emails that may contradict his grand jury testimony. Last weekend The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reported that McQueary's story changed when speaking to Dr. Jonathan Dranov, a family friend. The newspaper report cited a source said to be familiar with Dranov's testimony. "If this information is true, and we believe it is, it would be powerful, exculpatory evidence and the charges against our clients should be dismissed," said the lawyers for Curley and Schultz, Caroline Roberto and Thomas Farrell, respectively, in a statement. The Associated Press was unable to reach Dranov at his home and office for comment. No one answered the door at McQueary's home Tuesday. His father, John, declined comment to the Associated Press. Sandusky's lawyer, Joe Amendola, called McQueary the centerpiece of the prosecution's case, and said shifting stories were helping his client. "If anyone is naïve enough to think for a minute that Tim Curley, Joe Paterno and Gary Schultz, and for that matter, Graham Spanier, the university president, were told that he observed Jerry Sandusky having anal sex with a 10-year-old-looking kid in a shower room at Penn State, on Penn State property, and their response was simply to tell Jerry Sandusky that 'don't go in the shower anymore with kids,' I suggest you dial 1-800-REALITY because that makes absolutely no sense," Amendola said. That number connects to a phone sex line touting gay and bi-curious sex for men. Later, Amendola told the AP that "I've been using that line for years when people have said things that make no sense. It's analagous to 'get a life.' I had no idea that was a real number, let alone what it actually is. I will not be using that line in the future!" 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