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Even in the middle of a war, nothing will keep students from their prom.

Baghdad prom

( Usama Redha / Los Angeles Times. / May 4, 2008 )

Even in the middle of a war, nothing will keep students from their prom.

This year, the students of Baghdad's University of Technology decided to throw a costume party, and the theme was American movies.

The walls were plastered with posters for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Lost and Pirates of the Caribbean, but with students faces substituted for those of the actors.

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