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4-Mar-12 World View -- Syria's al-Assad continues to defy the outside world

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4-Mar-12 World View -- Syria's al-Assad continues to defy the outside world

Widespread rental discrimination against Saudis in Saudi Arabia

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Vladimir Putin poised to win Sunday's presidential election
Syria's al-Assad continues to defy the outside world
Widespread rental discrimination against Saudis in Saudi Arabia widespread

Vladimir Putin poised to win Sunday's presidential election

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Opinion polls show that Vladimir Putin is likely to win more than 50% of the vote in presidential elections Sunday, returning him to the presidency of Russia without even requiring a runoff election. Putin was president for two terms, from 2002-2008, but was barred from running for a third consecutive term by the Russian constitution. So he arranged for Dmitry Medvedev to become president, while he became prime minister. Now the game is about to come full circle, as Putin becomes president again. However, it's widely believed among the Russian people that Putin's party won the December parliamentary elections through massive election fraud, and it's widely expected that Sunday's vote will be fraudulent again. CNN

Syria's al-Assad continues to defy the outside world

Middle East expert Fouad Ajami of the Hoover Institution says that Syria's president Bashar al-Assad may be declaring victory. He's defied the outside world by continuing to exterminate his own people, with nobody able to stop him. By now, the Syrian people must know that nobody is coming to their rescue. According to Ajami:

"I think you have to give credit where credit is due to the killer in Damascus. Unlike Gaddafi, who was insane, and who said things in a brazen way, the man in Damascus kills, but he also has a referendum, so he still is faking out the international community. He is less newsworthy, if you will, than Muammar Gaddafi. Muammar Gaddafi's insanity made him better copy. Muammar Gaddafi minced no words and said he was coming to kill the people in Benghazi, while Bashar says, as he kills them in Bab al Amr, he's offering a referendum."

Shelling of residential neighborhoods in Homs continued on Saturday. VOA

Widespread rental discrimination against Saudis in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has found massive discrimination by building owners in discriminating against Saudis when renting out apartments. Complaints have been received from people in numerous cities throughout the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia has a large population of migrant workers, and building landlords have found that foreigner tenants are more prompt in paying rent and take better care of the properties. As a result, building owners are going to great lengths to avoiding renting to Saudis, even going so far as to design apartments in such a way that did not suit Saudi family customs, with small rooms and scant consideration for women’s seclusion. Arab News

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