Sunday, March 7, 2010

25 die as Iraqis defy violence to vote

Women display inked fingers after casting votes in parliamentary elections in Baghdad. About 19 million people are eligible to vote for who will lead the country after U.S. forces pull out, in an election that will determine whether Iraq can overcome sectarian divisions. Iraqis voted in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 25 people in the capital and sent down a barrage of mortars.




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