A trader uses a mobile phone during trading at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad November 25, 2007. At the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, prices have yet to fully recover from heavy losses they took after almost two years of sectarian bloodshed made trips to the bourse a risky venture. Taha Ahmed Abdul-Salam, the exchange's chief executive, said he hoped things would improve soon thanks to an electronic system set for launch early in 2008 to speed up transactions and make it easier for foreigners to trade Iraqi shares. Picture taken November 25, 2007. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 50 months ago

A trader uses a mobile phone during trading at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad November 25, 2007. At the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, prices have yet to fully recover from heavy losses they took after almost two years of sectarian bloodshed made trips to the bourse a risky venture. Taha Ahmed Abdul-Salam, the exchange's chief executive, said he hoped things would improve soon thanks to an electronic system set for launch early in 2008 to speed up transactions and make it easier for foreigners to trade Iraqi shares. Picture taken November 25, 2007.

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