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  • EKANGERSERAI, BIHAR: AUGUST 11:Indian children leave Middle School Ekangerserai school after monsoon rains flood their classrooms in a village about 100 kilometers from Patna in the state of Bihar, India August 11, 2003.  Bihar is the poorest state in India and girls often suffer the most because of the poverty, lack of education and opportunities. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • MADHOPUR, BIHAR: AUGUST 11:Villagers watch as a group of girls study under the thatch roof of an open hut at the Kishori Kendra Madhopur  in a village about 100 kilometers from Patna in the state of Bihar, India August 11, 2003.  Bihar is the poorest state in India and girls often suffer the most because of the poverty, lack of education and opportunities. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • EKANGERSERAI, BIHAR: AUGUST 11:Indian children leave Middle School Ekangerserai school after monsoon rains flood their classrooms in a village about 100 kilometers from Patna in the state of Bihar, India August 11, 2003.  Bihar is the poorest state in India and girls often suffer the most because of the poverty, lack of education and opportunities. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Fatima stands in a garden that Oxfam supported in the village of Intedeyne March 14, 2007. In this arid landscape, it requires a lot of work to maintain any kind of agriculture but it is one of the projects along with  education that Oxfam is supporting here.  Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. In 2000, following the international commitments on education, the Government of Mali created a ten year education development program and as a result, donars provided two and a half times more aid to basic education. As a result, more than 6 out of 10 primary school age children are now enrolled in Mali. Yet the challenge to educate still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates.Eight of the world's ten countries farthest from the gender parity goal are in West Africa: Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Benin and Guinea.
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  • A mother gives her child some water during a break while she works  in a garden that Oxfam supported in the village of Intedeyne March 14, 2007. In this arid landscape, it requires a lot of work to maintain any kind of agriculture but it is one of the projects along with  education that Oxfam is supporting here.  Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. In 2000, following the international commitments on education, the Government of Mali created a ten year education development program and as a result, donars provided two and a half times more aid to basic education. As a result, more than 6 out of 10 primary school age children are now enrolled in Mali. Yet the challenge to educate still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates.Eight of the world's ten countries farthest from the gender parity goal are in West Africa: Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Benin and Guinea.
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  • BIHAR, INDIA: AUGUST 13: Villagers cross a river to get to Lalita's village after  she made a visit to her village of Koprah,  60 kilometers from Sitamarhi in northern Bihar, India August 13, 2003. Lalita was visiting after an eight month training course at a MSK and 4 months of teaching karate in another district in Bihar. She has overcome great barriers in a society that regards her as the most disadvantaged since she is a female in one of  the lowest castes in India, the "Musahar "caste which means rat eaters. This tenacious young woman attended,  Mahila Shikshan Kendra, a Women's Education Center,  depsite her father's protests and learned how to read, write and defend herself in a community which frequently abuses women. Now she is teaching karate to other young women in a MSK in Amos block. Bihar is the poorest state in India and women suffer  greatly because of the poverty, lack of education and opportunities. Most of the girls who are attending the eight month course have had to overcome tremendous resistance from families and a society entrenched in the  weight of a caste system which discourages those from the lower castes to be educated, especially women. The 10 centers with 40 students in each are being funded by the World Bank although it was initially started by Unicef . .(Ami Vitale)
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  • BIHAR, INDIA: AUGUST 14: Lalita'gathers water at a pump in her village of Koprah,  60 kilometers from Sitamarhi in northern Bihar, India August 14, 2003. She was visiting after an eight month training course at a MSK and 4 months of teaching karate in another district in Bihar. She has overcome great barriers in a society that regards her as the most disadvantaged since she is a female in one of  the lowest castes in India, the "Musahar "caste which means rat eaters. This tenacious young woman attended,  Mahila Shikshan Kendra, a Women's Education Center,  depsite her father's protests and learned how to read, write and defend herself in a community which frequently abuses women. Now she is teaching karate to other young women in a MSK in Amos block. Bihar is the poorest state in India and women suffer  greatly because of the poverty, lack of education and opportunities. Most of the girls who are attending the eight month course have had to overcome tremendous resistance from families and a society entrenched in the  weight of a caste system which discourages those from the lower castes to be educated, especially women. The 10 centers with 40 students in each are being funded by the World Bank although it was initially started by Unicef . .(Ami Vitale)
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  • Children carry water for their teacher, Ouedraoga Madi in Zigberi, in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 24, 2007. The village had no school and after years of waiting the parents decided to build their own school, desperate to get an education for their children.  Female education in Burkina Faso and West Africa is particularly difficult given the demands placed on the women and girls in society to do all of the household work like pounding the millet, preparing food, getting wood and water which is sparce and often kilometers away.  Ami Vitale
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Girls who have just finished exams for 7th Standard, Eunice Sospeter, left and her friend Helena Simon sit in a window October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A remote area inside an Assamese national park and reserved land that has been encroached on is shown December 28, 2003 The encroachers are causing tremendous deforestation as they sell the wood and clear the land for agriculture. Forsetry officials chase them off the land but they come back almost immediately after the clearing operation and continue to live in this protected area. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers who lost their homes to elephants wake up on the floor of a neighbors house  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)

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  • A remote area inside an Assamese national park and reserved land that has been encroached on is shown December 28, 2003 The encroachers are causing tremendous deforestation as they sell the wood and clear the land for agriculture. Forsetry officials chase them off the land but they come back almost immediately after the clearing operation and continue to live in this protected area. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers who lost their homes to elephants wake up on the floor of a neighbors house  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale) 

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  • Villagers who lost their homes to elephants wake up on the floor of a neighbors house  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)

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  • Zeina Waled Dossane pounds millet in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.   the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Zeina Waled Dossane pounds millet in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.   the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Children listen to their teacher in a classroom in the  village of Intedeyne March 16, 2007.  She had to drop out of school when she was married at the age of 14.  the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Abouleacrine ag Tadima teaches children basic health in his classroom in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Baksesa prepares lunch for children, often their only meal of the day after school in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    Food is provided by Oxfam in an effort to encourage the children to attend school. the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Fatimata sits in a classroom in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.     the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Children play a game called Takliliko where they fall into the arms of others while singing in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Adaha sits in her home and talks about the need for women and men to be able to have more equality in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.   the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Children answer questions in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.   the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Zeina Waled Dossane pounds millet in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.   the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Abouleacrine ag Tadima teaches children basic health in his classroom in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Mahmoud stands in front of the chalk board as they wait for their teacher to arrive in a classroom in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Mahmoud stands in front of the chalk board as they wait for their teacher to arrive in a classroom in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Children in a classroom in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Muna, wearing white flowered dress, sits in a classroom in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Children eat lunch, often their only meal of the day after school in the  village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007.    Food is provided by Oxfam in an effort to encourage the children to attend school. the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day.
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  • Villagers of Zigberi get water from the only pump well that offers clean water for miles in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 28, 2007.  Water is  precious commodity here and most families end up drinking dirty water rather than walk the miles it takes to get to the well. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers of Zigberi get water from the only pump well that offers clean water for miles in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 28, 2007.  Water is  precious commodity here and most families end up drinking dirty water rather than walk the miles it takes to get to the well. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers of Zigberi get water from the only pump well that offers clean water for miles in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 28, 2007.  Water is  precious commodity here and most families end up drinking dirty water rather than walk the miles it takes to get to the well. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers of Zigberi get water from the only pump well that offers clean water for miles in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 28, 2007.  Water is  precious commodity here and most families end up drinking dirty water rather than walk the miles it takes to get to the well. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers of Zigberi get water from the only pump well that offers clean water for miles in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 28, 2007.  Water is  precious commodity here and most families end up drinking dirty water rather than walk the miles it takes to get to the well. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers of Zigberi get water from the only pump well that offers clean water for miles in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 28, 2007.  Water is  precious commodity here and most families end up drinking dirty water rather than walk the miles it takes to get to the well. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers of Zigberi get water from the only pump well that offers clean water for miles in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 28, 2007.  Water is  precious commodity here and most families end up drinking dirty water rather than walk the miles it takes to get to the well. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers of Zigberi get water from the only pump well that offers clean water for miles in a remote part of Burkina Faso in the desert region near the Malian border March 28, 2007.  Water is  precious commodity here and most families end up drinking dirty water rather than walk the miles it takes to get to the well. Ami Vitale
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  • Masai study in  an adult literacy training program funded by Oxfam GB at the Endulen Primary school in Ngornogoro District in Tanzania September 29, 2003.  The Masai were thrown out of the Crater in 1972 and struggle to hang onto the lands they live on now because of increasing pressure from conservationists. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Margaret teaches class 3 at the Endulen Primary school in Ngornogoro District in Tanzania September 29, 2003. She is the only Masai teacher in the school. The Masai were thrown out of the Crater in 1972 and struggle to hang onto the lands they live on now because of increasing pressure from conservationists. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Pastoral community of Masai who are under threat of losing their lands because of the tourism industry in Ngorogoro in Tanzania September 30, 2003 (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children  study at the Endulen Primary school in Ngornogoro District in Tanzania September 30, 2003.  The Masai were thrown out of the Crater in 1972 and struggle to hang onto the lands they live on now because of increasing pressure from conservationists. (Ami Vitale)
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  • JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 27: Orthodox Jewish men stand in the rain at the funeral for a rabbi in Jerusalem, Israel February 27, 2003.  Thousands of people gathered to take part in the procession.  (Ami Vitale/Getty Images).
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 12: Nazir Mohammad stands inside the ruins of the former Presidential Palace  in Kabul, Afghanistan September 12,2002.   (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 12:  Two Afghan soldiers hold hands as the sun sets near the destroyed Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan September 12,2002. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 12:  An Afghan sits inside a music store next to posters of famous Indian Bollywood stars in Kabul, Afghanistan September 12,2002. Since the fall of the Taliban, Indian  movies and music have flooded the Afghan market and is hugely popular but the Ministry of Culture has recently banned showing Indian movies on television because it is considered too risque by some.   (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 11: An Afghan boy with polio is fitted for a leg brace that he will learn to walk with at an ICRC hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11,2002. While Americans are remembering the attack on the World Trade Center  one year ago today, most Afghans are trying to forget the decades old war which killed more than a million people here in Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 11: An Afghan girl with polio and a man who lost his leg  learn to walk with at an ICRC hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11,2002. While Americans are remembering the attack on the World Trade Center  one year ago today, most Afghans are trying to forget the decades old war which killed more than a million people here in Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 11:  Mohammed Hazim who is crippled prepares to have braces made for him to enable him to walk at the ICRC hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11,2002. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 11:  American Marines listen to a speech at the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11,2002 where remains of the World Trade Center were laid as a symbolic gesture for those that died in the attack one year ago. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 11: Afghan children who recently returned from Pakistan look for water and materials to rebuild their home inside a destroyed neighborhood of  Kabul, Afghanistan September 11,2002.  (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 11:  An American Marine salutes during the unveiling of a plaque where remains of the World Trade Center were laid as a symbolic gesture for those that died in the attack on the World Trade Center one year ago at the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11,2002 . (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 10:  Afghan girls learn too sew September 10, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 10:   Afghan  widowed women make dough inside a screened room at a bakery set up to help vulnerable families in Kabul, Afghanistan September 10,2002. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 9: An Afghan police officer watches a ceremony in Kabul Sports Stadium September 9, 2002  to comemerate the anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 9: An Afghan police officer chants "Allah Akbar" or "God is Great" during a ceremony in Kabul Sports Stadium September 9, 2002  to comemerate the anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 9: Afghan women hold portraits of Ahmad Shah Massoud during a ceremony in Kabul Sports Stadium, September 9, 2002  to comemerate the anniversary of his death. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 9: An Afghan girl holds a portrait of Ahmad Shah Massoud during a ceremony in Kabul Sports Stadium, September 9, 2002  to comemerate the anniversary of his death. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 8:  An Afghan child stands inside police headquarters where a poster of Ahmad Shah Massoud hangs September 8, 2002, the day before the  anniversary of his death in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 8: ISAF soldiers patrol the area surrounding Kabul Sports Stadium September 8, 2002 in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's  anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 8: Afghan police practice marching into Kabul Sports Stadium September 8, 2002 in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's  anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 8: German ISAF forces check Afghan workers before they are allowed to enter  Kabul Sports Stadium September 8, 2002 in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's  anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 8: An Afghan policeman hangs up a poster of Ahmad Shah Massoud September 8, 2002 in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's  anniversary of his death in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 8: Afghan police practice marching into Kabul Sports Stadium September 8, 2002 in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's  anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 8: Afghan police practice marching into Kabul Sports Stadium September 8, 2002 in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's  anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 8: Afghan police practice marching into Kabul Sports Stadium September 8, 2002 in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's  anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • GERESHK,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 4: Children watch as a female Afghan inoculator administers the polio vaccination to the child of an Afghan woman  on the last day of a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign September 5, 2002 near Gereshk, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign targeted 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators went from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket were immunised. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • GERESHK,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 4: An Afghan child suffering from malnutrition is shown to UNICEF health workers administering the polio vaccination on the last day of a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign September 5, 2002 near Gereshk, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign targeted 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators went from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket were immunised. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • GERESHK,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 4: A female Afghan inoculator administers the polio vaccination to the child of an Afghan woman  on the last day of a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign September 5, 2002 near Gereshk, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign targeted 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators went from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket were immunised. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • ZHARE DASHT,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 4: A Pashtun Afghan who was living in a camp for displaced people around Spin Boldak, near the border of Pakistan and southern Afghanistan, is relocated to the encamptment of Zhare Dasht by the UNHCR September 4, 2002.  As an estimated 1.6 million Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan,  ethnic Pashtuns from northern Afghanistan are seeking safety in   camps in the south. Numbering up to 120,000,  Pashtuns are fleeing the Tajik- and Uzbek-dominated cities of the north out of fear and prefer to live in the dismal camps like Zhare Dasht which is set in the middle of a desert surrounded by mines about 30 kilometers west of Kandahar. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • SPIN BOLDAK,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 4: An Afghan child from the Kuchi nomadic tribe laughs despite the horrible living conditions in an encamptment near Spin Boldak, the border town between Pakistan and southern Afghanistan September 4, 2002.  The UNHCR is trying to relocate tens of thousands of internally displaced people at the same time as an estimated 1.6 million Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan. Ethnic Pashtuns and Kuchi nomads from northern Afghanistan are seeking safety in camps in the south. Numbering up to 120,000,  theys are fleeing the Tajik- and Uzbek-dominated cities of the north out of fear and prefer to live in the dismal camps like Zhare Dasht which is set in the middle of a desert surrounded by mines about 30 kilometers west of Kandahar. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • ZHARE DASHT,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 4:  Afghan Kuchi nomad children that were living in a camp for displaced people around Spin Boldak, near the border of Pakistan and southern Afghanistan, are relocated to the encamptment of Zhare Dasht by the UNHCR September 4, 2002.  As an estimated 1.6 million Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan,  ethnic Pashtuns from northern Afghanistan are seeking safety in   camps in the south. Numbering up to 120,000,  Pashtuns and Kuchis are fleeing the Tajik- and Uzbek-dominated cities of the north out of fear and prefer to live in the dismal camps like Zhare Dasht which is set in the middle of a desert surrounded by mines about 30 kilometers west of Kandahar. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • ZHARE DASHT,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 3: An Afghan child who was living in a camp around Spin Boldak, near the border of Pakistan and southern Afghanistan, looks out of her new home after she was relocated to the desolate, dusty encamptment of Zhare Dasht by the UNHCR September 3, 2002.  As an estimated 1.6 million Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan,  ethnic Pashtuns from northern Afghanistan are seeking safety in refugee camps in the south. Numbering up to 120,000,  Pashtuns are fleeing the Tajik- and Uzbek-dominated cities of the north out of fear and prefer to live in the dismal camps like Zhare Dasht which is set in the middle of a desert about 30 kilometers west of Kandahar. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • ZHARE DASHT,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 3: Afghans, mainly Pashtuns and Kuchi nomads who were living in camps around Spin Boldak, near the border of Pakistan and southern Afghanistan, are relocated to the desolate, dusty encamptment of Zhare Dasht by the UNHCR September 3, 2002.  As an estimated 1.6 million Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan,  ethnic Pashtuns from northern Afghanistan are seeking safety in refugee camps in the south. Numbering up to 120,000,  they are fleeing the Tajik- and Uzbek-dominated cities of the north out of fear and prefer to live in the dismal camps like Zhare Dasht which is set in the middle of a desert about 30 kilometers west of Kandahar. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • ZHARE DASHT,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 3: Afghans, mainly Pashtuns and Kuchi nomads who were living in camps around Spin Boldak, near the border of Pakistan and southern Afghanistan, are relocated to the desolate, dusty encamptment of Zhare Dasht by the UNHCR September 3, 2002.  As an estimated 1.6 million Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan,  ethnic Pashtuns from northern Afghanistan are seeking safety in refugee camps in the south. Numbering up to 120,000,  Pashtuns are fleeing the Tajik- and Uzbek-dominated cities of the north out of fear and prefer to live in the dismal camps like Zhare Dasht which is set in the middle of a desert about 30 kilometers west of Kandahar. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: An Afghan police officer gurads the stadium where President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an unidentifies Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an  Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Mourners grieve at a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia April 17, 2007. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identified as the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Mourners grieve at a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia April 17, 2007. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identified as the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Mourners grieve at a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia April 17, 2007. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identified as the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Mourners grieve at a memorial for the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia April 20, 2007. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identified as the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Mourners grieve at a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia April 17, 2007. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identified as the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Virginia Tech students watch balloons they released with the names of those killed on the campus during a moment of silence in Blacksburg, Va. April 20, 2007.  A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identified as the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Virginia Tech students mourn at a  memorial April 20, 2007 for victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Virginia Tech residents mourn by putting bows with the school colors on trees April 19, 2007 to remember victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Indian journalists from New Delhi's Aaj Tak television station give a report in front of Norris Hall, the site of the grisly massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Mourners leave flowers in front of Norris Hall, the site of the grisly massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia April 19, 2007. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identified as the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Virginia Tech Cadet Neal Ballas mourns with Jill Weikert during a convocation and memorial April 17, 2007 for victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Police stand outside Norris Hall, the site of a grisly massacre on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va.  April 18, 2007 after a 23-year-old student from South Korea carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale).
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