The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 28, 2010 Guinea Holds First Free Election -------------------------------- The West African nation of Guinea has held its first free election since independence more than half a century ago. Preliminary results from the vote are not expected until Wednesday .