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Vol. 5 Num 244 Tue. February 01, 2005  
   
International


War backers, opponents hail Iraq election
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Iraqi policemen gather around ballot boxes to transport those for counting outside a polling station in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood yesterday. The Iraqi election commission said yesterday that turnout from the country's first free vote in half a century could be between 60 and 75 percent, although no official figure was ready. PHOTO: AFP