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See your nearest Infiniti retailer or infiniti. ca for complete details 2012 INFINITI G37 SEDAN 2 . 9 % Lease APR Monthly Payment for 48 months $ 437 * 328 HP STANDARD CAIRO, Egypt - Hosni Mubarak's health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend's runoff election for president. Mubarak, 84, was slipping in and out of consciousness, had high blood pressure and breathing difficulties, and was in a deep depression, according to security officials at Torah prison where he is serving a life sentence. Doctors there could not find a pulse twice and used the defibrillator, they said. The deposed leader, who was being given liquids intravenously, also lost consciousness several times Sunday. His health crisis came at time of political anxiety in Egypt, with a former prime minister from the Mubarak regime facing an Islamist in a showdown at the ballot box on June 16 to 17. " He is causing everyone a headache," said Ahmed Badawi, a liberal activist who participated in last year's Arab Spring uprising that ousted Mubarak. " There are daily rumours that he died... He is definitely feeding the nervousness we are all living in these days." Mubarak has been held in the intensive care ward of the prison hospital south of Cairo since June 2, when he was convicted of failing to prevent the killing of protesters in the February 2011 uprising. He was sentenced to life in prison. - The Associated Press B EIRUT - The United States accused the Syrian government of using " new, horrific tactics" Monday, as UN observers reported Syrian helicopters were firing on rebellious areas and concerns mounted that civilians were trapped in besieged cities. Violence in Syria has spiked in recent weeks, as both sides ignore an internationally brokered ceasefire that was supposed to go into effect April 12 but never took hold. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland expressed concern about reports the regime " may be organizing another massacre" in Latakia province, where UN monitors have been impeded. Speaking to reporters in Washington, Nuland warned, " People will be held accountable." Activists reported more than 50 people killed across Syria on Monday, with clashes between military forces and rebel fighters in Homs, Idlib and Latakia provinces. The death toll and the online videos were impossible to independently verify. According to videos posted online, fireballs of orange flame and black rubble exploded in the air as waves of shells pounded residential buildings in the central city of Homs on Monday. The sounds of shells whooshed through the sky amid machine- gun fire. Syrian soldiers chased down and killed rebels who set fire to one of their tanks in a farming area close to the Orontes river in the Idlib province, said Rami Abdul- Rahman of the Britainbased activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which uses a network of sources on the ground. The attack killed seven soldiers and a civilian, he said. There was no confirmation from state media. Another three men and two women were killed while trying to flee, Abdul- Rahman said. In the nearby village of Laj, another 11 slain men lay in a room, their names scrawled on papers tucked into their clothes, according to amateur video. A car bomb exploded in the city of Deir al- Zour, killing 10 people, Abdul- Rahman said. " What we are seeing right now are fierce clashes as the Syrian army tries to take back positions held by the rebels," Abdul- Rahman said. International envoy Kofi Annan said Monday he was " gravely concerned" about the escalation of fighting in Syria, citing the shelling of opposition areas in central Homs province and reports of mortar, helicopter and tank attacks in the town of Haffa and its surrounding villages. Annan demands both sides " take all steps to ensure that civilians are not harmed," said his spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi. " There are indications that a large number of civilians are trapped in these towns," the statement said. Syrian activists say 13,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in March 2011. The situation has grown increasingly chaotic in recent months. The government restricts journalists from moving freely, making it nearly impossible to independently verify accounts from either side. - The Associated Press JAWED BASHARAT / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weeping for loved ones lost An Afghan man mourns the death of relatives after an earthquake hit Baghlan province, north of Kabul, on Monday. As many as 100 people are feared dead after the resulting landslide buried over 20 homes in a remote village. The UN says houses were destroyed across five districts in all. Mubarak's health failing Syrian bloodshed ramps up, no signs of stopping SAN GABRIEL, Calif. - A succession of small traffic accidents over the weekend raises questions about whether U. S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson has a medical or legal problem - or both. The bizarre series of events happened Saturday afternoon when Bryson hit a car stopped for a train - twice - then rammed into another vehicle a few minutes later. He was found unconscious in his car, and government officials said Monday he had a seizure, which could play a role in whether he's charged with felony hit- and- run. It wasn't clear whether the medical episode preceded or followed the collisions, but Bryson hasn't suffered a seizure before, said a department official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The crashes drew attention because of health concerns involving a member of the U. S. cabinet, as well as the challenge investigators face when trying to determine if someone should be held criminally responsible because of adverse health. Bryson, 68, was driving alone in a Lexus in San Gabriel, a community of about 40,000 northeast of Los Angeles, when he struck the rear of a vehicle that had stopped for a passing train, authorities said. He spoke briefly with the three occupants and then hit their car again as he departed, investigators said. Bryson then struck a second car in the nearby city of Rosemead, where he was found unconscious in his car. - The Associated Press U. S. official hits cars, collapses A_ 09_ Jun- 12- 12_ FP_ 01. indd A9 6/ 11/ 12 9: 07: 33 PM ;