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Iraqi residents of Baghdad's Nine Nissan district read polling instructions outside a local polling site as they prepare to cast their ballots on Jan. 30, 2005, during Iraq's first free election in over 50 years.

Iraqi residents of Baghdad's Nine Nissan district read polling instructions.

Iraqi residents of Baghdad's Nine Nissan district read polling instructions outside a local polling site as they prepare to cast their ballots on Jan. 30, 2005, during Iraq's first free election in over 50 years.

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