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A Ramadi resident smiles while looking at his dyed purple finger, proof that he voted, during national parliamentary elections in Iraq, March 7, 2010. The man is walking with six women and another man, all of whom voted.

PURPLE PROOF

A Ramadi resident smiles while looking at his dyed purple finger, proof that he voted, during national parliamentary elections in Iraq, March 7, 2010. The man is walking with six women and another man, all of whom voted.

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