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Iran is not a democracy, but its system, which combines unelected religious authority with a subordinate elected civilian one, was designed to give people a chance to let off steam from time to time within carefully set electoral limits.
ECONOMIST: Iran and the world
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Out of the 46 million Americans with no religious affiliation, 13 millions are self-described atheists and agnostics, but another 33 million are people who ascribe to some faith just not to any house of worship.
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The BBC's Zaffar Abbas in Islamabad says Karachi in particular has a long history of religious and ethnic violence, but the month of May was the worst in recent years - with more than 50 people killed in different incidents of violence.
BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Strike shuts down tense Karachi