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Syria has called a presidential election for 3 June, preparing the ground for Bashar al-Assad to defy widespread opposition and extend his grip on power days after he said the war was turning in his favour.

The three-year-old rebellion against Assad's rule has killed more than 150,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and seen the government lose control over swaths of territory. Hundreds more died on Sunday and Monday.

A leading Syrian opposition group said the election showed the president was divorced from reality.

Western and Gulf Arab countries that back Assad's opponents had called plans for the vote a "parody of democracy" and said it would wreck efforts to negotiate a peace settlement.
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USA has called a presidential election for 8 November, preparing the ground for Abraham Lincoln to defy widespread opposition and extend his grip on power days after he said the war was turning in his favour.

The three-year-old rebellion against Lincoln's rule has killed more than 500,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and seen the government lose control over swaths of territory. Hundreds more died on Sunday and Monday.

A leading Confederate opposition group said the election showed the president was divorced from reality.

Southern planters that back Lincoln's opponents had called plans for the vote a "parody of democracy" and said it would wreck efforts to negotiate a peace settlement.
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littlegreenpills posted:

USA has called a presidential election for 8 November, preparing the ground for Abraham Lincoln to defy widespread opposition and extend his grip on power days after he said the war was turning in his favour.

The three-year-old rebellion against Lincoln's rule has killed more than 500,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and seen the government lose control over swaths of territory. Hundreds more died on Sunday and Monday.

A leading Confederate opposition group said the election showed the president was divorced from reality.

Southern planters that back Lincoln's opponents had called plans for the vote a "parody of democracy" and said it would wreck efforts to negotiate a peace settlement.



whoa... they're just like us

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This "vote" is a parody of democracy, what you need to do is to negotiate a settlement with the violent uprising.
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littlegreenpills posted:

USA has called a presidential election for 8 November, preparing the ground for Abraham Lincoln to defy widespread opposition and extend his grip on power days after he said the war was turning in his favour.

The three-year-old rebellion against Lincoln's rule has killed more than 500,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and seen the government lose control over swaths of territory. Hundreds more died on Sunday and Monday.

A leading Confederate opposition group said the election showed the president was divorced from reality.

Southern planters that back Lincoln's opponents had called plans for the vote a "parody of democracy" and said it would wreck efforts to negotiate a peace settlement.