High National Election Commission workers check ballot boxes as they prepare for the final count, in...
High National Election Commission workers check ballot boxes after collecting them from different polling stations as they prepare for the final count, in Benghazi July 8, 2012. Nine months after Muammar Gaddafi's death at the hands of rebels, Libya has defied fears it would descend into violence by pulling off a largely peaceful election, its first national and free vote in 60 years. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)