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An Iraqi schoolboy sitting next to a US soldier drinks Coca Cola during the re-opening ceremony of the al-Zohur school outside the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah 30 November 2003.
Monday, Aug. 02, 2010

Open quoteDemocracy brought us a can of Coke and a beer.Close quote

  • HAITHAM FARHAN,
  • owner of an auto shop that is battling the chronic power shortages in Baghdad, where the government still struggles to provide the basic service; the Iraqi capital had five hours of electricity a day in July
Photo: Abdelhak Senna / AFP / Getty | Source: NYT