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    Guineans vote in parliamentary election

    •September 28, 2013
    • A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Guinea's capital Conakry September 28, 2013. Guineans voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election to complete its transition to democracy after a 2008 military coup and end decades of political instability. REUTERS/Saliou Samb (GUINEA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)
    • A soldier takes photos while women look at the remains of a house that was burnt down during communal violence ahead of elections in the Taouyah neighbourhood of Guinea's capital Conakry September 25, 2013. Parliamentary elections in Guinea on Saturday officially cap the mineral-rich West African country's return to civilian rule after a 2008 coup, but many fear that the vote could reignite violence that killed dozens of people earlier this year. The contest, two years overdue, is ostensibly for the 114 seats to Guinea's National Assembly, but with no single party expected to command an outright majority, political deal-making is sure to follow. Picture taken September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Tommy Trenchard (GUINEA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS MILITARY)
    • Soldiers stand on the remains of a house that was burnt down during pre-election communal violence in the Taouyah neighbourhood of Guinea's capital Conakry, September 25, 2013. Parliamentary elections in Guinea on Saturday officially cap the mineral-rich West African country's return to civilian rule after a 2008 coup, but many fear that the vote could reignite violence that killed dozens of people earlier this year. The contest, two years overdue, is ostensibly for the 114 seats to Guinea's National Assembly, but with no single party expected to command an outright majority, political deal-making is sure to follow. Picture taken September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Tommy Trenchard/ (GUINEA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS)
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    A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Guinea's capital Conakry

    A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Guinea's capital Conakry September 28, 2013. Guineans voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election to complete its transition to democracy after a 2008 military coup and end decades of political instability. REUTERS/Saliou Samb (GUINEA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

    Guineans voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election to complete its transition to democracy after a 2008 military coup and end decades of political instability.




    The election, two years overdue, is the first democratic parliamentary vote since independence from France in 1958. A disputed result could reignite ethnic and political violence that has killed dozens in the run-up to voting. (Reuters)