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Monday, April 28, 2014

Syria's Assad to run for third term as president

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Venezuelan state television TeleSUR in Damascus BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has formally submitted his nomination to seek a third term in office in an election due to be held in early June, the speaker of parliament said on Monday. Reading out a letter he said was submitted by Assad to the constitutional court, the speaker quoted Assad as saying: "I ... Dr Bashar Hafez al Assad ... wish to nominate myself for the post of president of the republic, hoping that parliament will endorse it." (Reporting by Dominic Evans; Editing by Janet Lawrence)




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