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A dazzling new storefront here, a bare midriff there - a transition to a market-based economy is changing Syrians' way of life and, analysts say, stretching the gap between rich and poor. In 2005, at the ruling Baath Party congress, Syria committed itself to a process of economic liberalization through a market economy system aimed.

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