DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, facing a wave of protests demanding greater freedoms, took steps on Thursday toward addressing grievances including lifting emergency law and granting disenfranchised Kurds rights. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=M4GIJnMx56s:BjO-tMY8CF0:V_sGLiPBpWU) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=M4GIJnMx56s:BjO-tMY8CF0:-BTjWOF_DHI) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/M4GIJnMx56s)
Source: Syria's Assad takes steps towards reforms (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/M4GIJnMx56s/us-syria-idUSTRE72N2MC20110331)