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Iraqi children look at a U.S. Marine standing guard near a polling station in Sinjar
01 Feb 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Iraqi children look at a U.S. Marine standing guard near a polling station in Sinjar, 390 km (240 miles) northwest of of Baghdad January 31, 2009. Iraqis held their most peaceful election since the fall of Saddam Hussein on Saturday, and voting for provincial councils ended without a single major attack reported anywhere in the country. Picture taken January 31, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (IRAQ)
REUTERS/ERIK DE CASTRO


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A Palestinian child rests next to his mother as she prepares red flowers for export to Europe, at a flower farm in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip February 12, 2009. ...




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