A man picks up ballots before voting in the Parliamentary elections near Algiers, Thursday, May, 10, 2012. Parliamentary elections in Algeria are being billed as the fairest in 20-years, but as polls opened Thursday disgruntled Algerians appeared to be showing little interest and even outright scorn for the vote. There are 44 political parties competing for 462 seats across this vast oil-rich North African nation of 35 million people, Africa's largest by area. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)