Britain floats safe exit for Syria's Assad


Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are seen at Harsta district, near Damascus November 6, 2012, after clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA

JEDDAH/AMMAN (Reuters) - Britain floated the notion on Tuesday of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad leaving power with immunity from prosecution while the opposition said at least 100 more people were killed in the country's 19-month revolt.

"Anything, anything, to get that man out of the country and to have a safe transition in Syria," British Prime Minister David Cameron told Al Arabiya news network in Abu Dhabi before flying to Saudi Arabia.

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