NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER OF GOVERNING COUNCIL TAKES OATH IN TIKRIT

Kovthar Parween Shoukat (L), a newly elected member of the governing council of northern Iraqi province of Salah ad Din in Tikrit, takes an oath during the swearing-in ceremony after the elections in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad September 15, 2003. One hundred and twenty Iraqis from the province, handpicked by the U.S. army, voted to elect a 34-member governing council for the province. REUTERS/Arko Datta