Amateur video out of Syria shows smoke rising from buildings in Homs.<br/> <br />The video, which could not be independently verified by Reuters comes amid reports that intense fighting has killed some 70 people over 24 hours.<br/> <br />This despite the imminent arrival of a U.N. team to discuss a possible mission to monitor a ceasefire set for next week.<br/> <br />More footage shows demonstrators chanting in the streets of Sura. They say "Death not humiliation"<br/> <br />The United Nations ays more than 9,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began a year ago.<br/> <br />The government blames the violence on foreign backed insurgent groups.<br/> <br />Footage from Damascus appears to shows burning tires blocking traffic, purportedly placed by anti-Assad activists.<br/> <br />Western powers are seeking a U.N. Security Council endorsement of envoy Kofi Annan's deal for an April 10 withdrawal of military forces which would be followed within 48 hours by a ceasefire by rebel forces.<br/> <br />Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.
