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If you are feeling depressed about the Middle East read Juan Cole’s Top 10 Good News Stories about the Muslim World in 2008. If Syria opens its Stock Market on February 23, as announced, there may be another bit of good news in the region. It is a symbolic part of the opening of Syria’s […]http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/photo/2009-01/44320951-02093027.jpg