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A resident casts his vote in a polling station in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad on January 31, 2009. (Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani)
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A resident casts his vote in a polling station in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad on January 31, 2009. (Reuters/Atef Hassan)
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The first voter of the day shows off her ink stained finger as she readies to cast her ballot at the Salhiyeh polling station in central Baghdad on January 31, 2009. (AFP Photo/Sabah Arar)
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An Iraqi man holds up an ink-stained finger after casting his vote in the country's provincial elections in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Jan. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
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A policeman searches a resident outside a polling station in Baghdad on January 31, 2009. (Reuters/Mohammed Ameen)
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