Syria accepts UN peace plan but bloodshed persists   BEIRUT (AP)
-- Syria has accepted a peace plan by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan that
includes a cease-fire by the Syrian government, but the
bloodshed persisted as intense clashes between government troops
and rebel fighters spilled across the border into Lebanon,
officials said.    The U.N. says more than 8,000 people have
been killed in Syria's uprising, which began last March with
mostly peaceful protests against the regime. But the government
swiftly unleashed its military tanks, snipers and machine-guns
to break up protests, which many opposition members say drove
them to take up arms.  Now, as the conflict spirals toward civil
war, there are concerns that the bloodshed could cause a
regional conflagration by pulling in neighboring countries.
Syrian opposition member reacted with skepticism, however.  Rami
Jarah, who was attending an opposition meeting Tuesday in
Turkey, said President Bashar Assad is trying to stall for time.
"The Syrian government is goin