Polls open in Syria's presidential vote
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DAMASCUS - Polls opened in government-held areas in Syria amid very tight security Tuesday for the country's presidential election - a vote that President Bashar Assad is widely expected to win.
It's Syria's first multi-candidate election in more than 40 years.
The Syrian opposition and government critics have denounced the vote as a sham. Syria's two main internal opposition groups are boycotting the vote while many activists around the country refer to it as "blood elections." (AP)
