A Palestinian boy watches his moth

A Palestinian boy watches his mother as she casts her vote at a polling station at the West Bank village of Taffouh near Hebron May 5, 2005. Palestinians voted on Thursday in municipal elections with the corruption-tinged Fatah movement of President Mahmoud Abbas facing a stiff challenge from the ascendant Islamic militant faction Hamas. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun

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