Iraq's landmark polls bagan
(AFP)
Updated: 2005-01-30 14:38

Iraq's President Ghazi al-Yawar shows his finger covered in indelible ink after casting his vote in Baghdad. Yawar became the first Iraqi official to vote in free elections in half-a-century.[AFP]

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