Russia says Syrian opposition has rejected peace talks

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said that 30 members of the Syrian opposition had been invited to take part in the Moscow conference on the Syrian crisis but that they had refused to participate. The US-backed Syrian Coalition said it would participate only if the talks led to the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. Nashwan Abdullah reports from Damascus. teleSUR