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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

Fareed Zakaria

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Fareed Zakaria
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 20
Economist
Essayist
Journalist
Political Scientist
Reporter
Bombay
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria
Syria
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Libya

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