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  • LNP Weekly Highlights 02/05/14. FILE PICTURE. © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An elderly Kurdish Iraqi woman places her voting slip into a ballot box during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). . <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_23_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An elderly Kurdish man Iraqi places his voting slip into a ballot box during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_17_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A machine is used to check the finger print of an Iraqi Kurdish male against that held on his identity card before he can vote in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014).<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_16_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An Iraqi-Kurdish male leaves a booth located in a school after casting his vote during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_14_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An Iraqi-Kurdish male leaves a booth after casting his vote during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in a school in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_09_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An elderly Iraqi-Kurdish man holds up his finger to show the ink mark on his finger that denotes he has voted in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_03_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An Iraqi-Kurdish man casts his vote behind a cardboard booth located in a school during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_01_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials open a ballot box as they prepare to count he amount of votes cast at a school used as a polling station during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_29_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Dressed in traditional clothing, an Iraqi-Kurdish woman queues to vote inside a school being used as a pooling station in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_11_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party fly flags and let off fireworks during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_10_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An Iraqi-Kurdish male leaves a booth after casting his vote during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in a school in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_10_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials count ballot papers in a school used as a polling station after voting closes for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_34_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials count ballot papers in a school used as a polling station after voting closes for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_32_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials count ballot papers in a school used as a polling station after voting closes for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_27_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Two young men fly the flag of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party and a flag bearing the face of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the PKK a Kurdish militant organisation that fights for Kurdish rights in Turkey, during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_15_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Two girls, wearing hats, T-shirts and scarves of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party, hang out of the windows of a taxi during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_14_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. With vehicles decked out with flags bearing the symbol of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party make their way down the main street of Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_09_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party dance next to a PUK election poster during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_07_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Iraqi-Kurdish people search for their names to find out if they are able to vote at a school being used as a polling station during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_24_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A ballot box filled with voting slips is seen inside a school being used as a polling station in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). . <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_18_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An election poster and flags of Kurdish political parties are seen hanging from street furniture during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_13_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A machine is used to check the finger print of an Iraqi Kurdish male against that held on his identity card before he can vote in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014).<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_08_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An election posters and flags belonging to the Goran (Change) Kurdish political party are seen hanging from street furniture during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). . <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_07_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Iraqi-Kurdish media watch officials count ballot papers in a school used as a polling station after voting closes for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_25_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq.  Children wave flags linked to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party flash from the back of a car during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan..<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_18_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A supporter of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party waves his party's flag and blows a vuvuzela during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_13_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party fly flags from their car during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_12_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A supporter of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) waves flag a flag bearing the face of the party leader, Jalal Talabani, and flashes a victory sign during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_08_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Driving a car covered in Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party flags, A supporter blows a vuvuzela during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_06_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An Iraqi-Kurdish male drops his voting slip into a ballot box at a polling station located in a school during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_22_MCR.JPG
  • LNP Weekly Highlights 02/05/14. FILE PICTURE. © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An Iraqi-Kurdish male dips his finger in ink after voting at a school during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_19_MCR.JPG
  • LNP Weekly Highlights 02/05/14. FILE PICTURE. © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An election posters and flags belonging to the Goran (Change) Kurdish political party are seen hanging from street furniture during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). . <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_06_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An elderly Iraqi-Kurdish man holds up his finger to show the ink mark on his finger that denotes he has voted in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_02_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials count ballot papers in a school used as a polling station after voting closes for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_33_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials count ballot papers in a school used as a polling station after voting closes for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_31_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials empty a ballot box so they can count how many votes were cast in a school used as a polling station after the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_30_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A supporter of the Pariotic Union of Kurdistan waves a flag bearing the face of the party's leader Jalal Talabani during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan. <br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_16_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party wave flags during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_11_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An Iraqi-Kurdish male dips his finger in ink after voting at a school during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_20_MCR.JPG
  • LNP Weekly Highlights 02/05/14. FILE PICTURE. © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party fly flags from their car during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_05_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party flash victory signs and hold flags bearing the party logo and a picture of Jalal Talabani, leader of the PUK, during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_04_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A supporter of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party waves his party's flag from the top of an off-road vehicle during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_SULI_STREETS_03_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A Kurdish Iraqi places her voting slip into a ballot box during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). . <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_21_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Iraqi-Kurdish people cast their votes behind cardboard booths located in a school during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_15_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials count ballot papers in a school used as a polling station after voting closes for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_IRAQI_ELEC_28_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Officials count ballot papers in a school used as a polling station after voting closes for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party fly flags from their car during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Two children holding flags of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party stand on the bonnet of a car, driven by a man walking along-side, on the main street of Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • LNP Weekly Highlights 02/05/14. FILE PICTURE. © Licensed to London News Pictures. 27/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. A young girl hangs from a car window waving a flag bearing the face of Jalal Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party, during celebrations in the lead up to the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan.<br />
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Although banned in other parts of Iraqi-Kurdistan, the days leading up to an election in Sulaimaniya sees political supporters of all the three main parties parading up and down the main street of the city, waving flags, honking horns, letting off fireworks and firing pistols and rifles into the air.<br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen six polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. Iraqi-Kurdish people wait to cast their votes in a school being used as a polling station during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An election posters and flags belonging to the Goran (Change) Kurdish political party are seen hanging from street furniture during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). . <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/04/2014. Sulaimaniya, Iraq. An armed guard is seen outside a school being used as a polling station during the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan today (30/04/2014). <br />
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The period leading up to the elections, the fourth held since the 2003 coalition forces invasion, has already seen polling stations in central Iraq hit by suicide bombers causing at least 27 deaths. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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