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Members of the vote office start counting the ballots after the vote at the Sig-Madina area in Conakry June 27, 2010. Polling wound down peacefully in Guinea on Sunday in a landmark election
Monday, Jun. 28, 2010

Open quoteWe've been waiting for 52 years. Today I've waited three hours, but I don't mind.Close quote

  • ALASSANE SYLLA,
  • a state electricity-company worker, standing in line in Guinea's Tombo district on Sunday to cast a vote in the West African country's first free presidential election since independence in 1958
Photo: Luc Gnago / Reuters | Source: New York Times