Party in Baghdad

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 at 6:02 pm PST • Views: 326

Well, what’s gotten into Reuters this New Year’s Eve? In a safer Baghdad, Iraqis party for 2008.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - On New Year’s Eve Ridaa al-Azzawi squeezed into his pointy snakeskin boots, his tight black sweater and his snazzy corduroy flared jeans, hustled down to a Baghdad hotel ballroom and partied for peace.

2008 arrived in a less-violent Baghdad, and residents said it was the first real party they had seen in years.

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