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Title: Dancers Cheer Islamist Defeat Islamist Defeat
Post by: Natasha on February 26, 2008, 05:25:13 PM
Dancers Cheer Islamist Defeat Islamist Defeat

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120396578622091053.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
02/26/2008

Leila, the stage name of a 30-year-old man named Adel, wasn't running for office. But the popular dancer had a big stake in the election results in this mountainous province on the Afghan frontier. Voters here last Monday threw out an Islamist administration that had cracked down on the arts.