Salima Khalaf an 83-year-old Iraqi displaced woman stands next to her house at Um Khashim, a makeshift village 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. About 200 families, displaced from other parts of Iraq, live in the village. According to the United Nations, as of January 2009 there were some 2.6 million people displaced within Iraq. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
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