Syria - Bashar

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Published July 10, 2000 at 11:00 PM CDT

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Kate Seelye in Damascus reports Bashar Al-Assad has, as expected, been chosen as Syria's new president. But his overwhelming victory in yesterday's referendum masks growing discontent in the country.

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