Tanks move in to take central Hama

Tanks took over a main square in the besieged Syrian city of Hama and power was cut off as President Bashar Assad showed no sign of halting the intense military assault against anti-government protesters.

At least three tanks took up position in central Assi square, which had been thronged by hundreds of thousands in the weeks before the latest crackdown in some the largest demonstrations against Assad’s rule.