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An Iraqi woman has her finger inked after casting a vote on the constitutional referendum at a polling station in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2005.

Voting a New Iraq

An Iraqi woman has her finger inked after casting a vote on the constitutional referendum at a polling station in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2005.

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