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Hamed al-Khoudari, left, governor of Iraq's Qadisiyah province, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps-Iraq, sign the official document to return control of the Qadisiyah province back to its government during a ceremony in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, July 16, 2008.

QADISIYAH HANDOVER

Hamed al-Khoudari, left, governor of Iraq's Qadisiyah province, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps-Iraq, sign the official document to return control of the Qadisiyah province back to its government during a ceremony in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, July 16, 2008.

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