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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.