Syria has a new leader, and for thousands it is a time of celebration and optimism. But old enmities and fears about what comes next haunt the country. Michael Safi reportsAfter more than a decade of war, and half a century of repressive rule under Bas...

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The announcement was a victory for mainstream political parties, after earlier talks involving the hard-right Freedom Party broke down.

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention reduced them to pawns in a wider drama.

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