Joy and caution in Libya’s election
Libyans went to the polls to elect their first parliament in decades, but violence and protests in the restive east spell challenges ahead.
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July 7, 2012
A Libyan voter goes through a security check outside a polling station in the Abu Slim neighborhood of the nation's capital, Tripoli, during Libya's parliamentary elections. Voters line up at polling stations across Libya, keen to take part in the country's first national election after more than four decades of dictatorship.
MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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