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Sabeeh Radyi, Rashid District Council Education Committee chairman, reads a story to Iraqi school children during the reopening of the Doura Public Library in southern Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 21, 2009. Doura community citizens, local leaders and soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team participated in the ceremony.

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Sabeeh Radyi, Rashid District Council Education Committee chairman, reads a story to Iraqi school children during the reopening of the Doura Public Library in southern Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 21, 2009. Doura community citizens, local leaders and soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team participated in the ceremony.

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