FOR all the talk about the need to instill democratic freedoms , Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Bashar al-Assad of Syria have bet they can continue to hold tight to the reins of power , if they can just improve their countries ' economies .
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Bashar al-Assad
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Syria
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