An Iraqi woman carries her child as she casts her vote in the polling center during Iraq's historical parliamentary in the city of Basra, south of Baghdad December 15, 2005. A steady stream of Iraqi voters walked to polling stations nationwide on Thursday to elect their first full-term parliament since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, ignoring sporadic violence such as a mortar attack in Baghdad. (Photo: Xinhua)

(Photo: Xinhua)