The United Nations Security Council is holding an (1) session in New York to discuss the killing of more than 100 civilians in the Syrian town of Houla.

联合国安理会在纽约举行紧急会议，讨论叙利亚胡拉镇100多名平民被杀事件。

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The latest international push comes after 108 people were killed Friday in a rural area, Houla.

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Houla is different, because few tragedies have been as well documented and few have prompted such global revulsion.

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Earlier, the UN Human Rights Council said it wanted investigators to identify the perpetrators of the killings in Houla.

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