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Syrian women cast papers bearing the names of 'martyrs' in coffin-like symbolic ballot boxes during an anti-elections demonstration in the city Qusayr, 15 kms (nine miles) from Homs in restive central Syria, on May 7, 2012
Tuesday, May. 08, 2012

Open quoteYou cannot really call it an election.Close quote

  • MOHAMED SARMINI,
  • member of the Syrian National Council, denouncing Monday's parliamentary elections as a sham
Photo: STR / AFP / GettyImages | Source: New York Times