Local 8 Now - World News - Headlines  Turkey blocks trade with
Syria, rebels fight on  In this image made from amateur video
released by the Ugarit News and accessed Tuesday, July 24, 2012,
a Free Syrian Army solider drives a Syrian military tank in
Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) TV OUT, THE
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LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL   BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey
sealed its border with Syria to trucks on Wednesday, effectively
cutting off a trade relationship once worth almost $3 billion
with the embattled nation, as regime forces fought to evict
rebels from the country's largest city.  Two more Syrian
diplomats, the envoy to Cyprus and her husband, the former
ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, have also defected,
according to the opposition Syrian National Council, in the
latest sign of fraying support for the regime among its own
elites. The announcement follows the televised appearance
Tuesday night of a defected regime genera