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Syria announces presidential election for June 3 despite raging civil war

By Reuters

Damascus, Syria: Syria will hold a presidential election on June 3, the speaker of parliament said on Monday, setting a date for a vote likely to give President Bashar al-Assad a third term days after he said his forces were winning the country's civil war.

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