Mr Nikolic resigned in protest, both from his position as de facto leader of the party, and as the head of its group in parliament.

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In new video footage opposition activists posted online Saturday, Raqqa's governor and the local head of the governing Baath Party were shown praising the al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group known as Jabhat al-Nusra, or Nusra Front, which is part of a coalition of Islamist groups that control most of the province and several areas close to the Iraqi border.

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"The fashion designers get it, " said Jennifer Blumin, the head of the Skylight Group, the event-management firm that manages Skylight at Moynihan Station as a party space.

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