Black smoke is seen from Homs refinery December 8, 2011. A Syrian pipeline carrying oil from the east of the country to a refinery in Homs was blown up on Thursday, an activist group said. "This is the main pipeline that feeds the Homs refinery," said Rami Abdulrahman of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The group said flames could be seen at the site of the explosion. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)