{
    "byline": "Natalie Muller AFP, AP and dpa",
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    "excerpt": "A Syrian court on Monday handed a life sentence to Ahmad Hassoun, the country's former grand mufti under ex-President Bashar Assad.",
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    "length": 2958,
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    "title": "Syria sentences Assad-era grand mufti to life in prison"
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