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7 Oct. 2005
Monrovia, Liberia
A customer holds a glass of Chinese tea in a hatai shop where political debate is encouraged in Monrovia, Liberia, October 7, 2005. Election fever has gripped the battered oceanside capital as Liberia prepares for presidential and parliamentary polls next Tuesday, the first since the end of a brutal 14-year civil war. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst