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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • SRINAGAR, INDIA, MARCH 10, 2004:Children cry as Indian army bring back the bodies of  five people who were killed when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Budgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004.   Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.
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  • Children at an orphanage wait to eat at a feeding center in Huambo in the interior region of Angola.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates.  .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children and adults together work on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road that the Maoists promise to bring in defiance to the central government who they say had been promising for decades. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Family members of a child and guard who were killed during a late night looting of an orphanage sit next to the blood spattered entrance way to the school in Huambo, Angola. It is a common scene in Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war which has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoist soldiers practice with old guns left by the British colonialists and a stick because there are not enough weapons for everyone  in Tila, village in  Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 14, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • Maoist soldiers practice with old guns left by the British colonialists and a stick because there are not enough weapons for everyone  in Tila, village in  Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 14, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers watch as Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 people came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoist soldiers practice with old guns left by the British colonialists and a stick because there are not enough weapons for everyone  in Tila, village in  Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 14, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers watch as Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 people came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • A banner exclaiming that the Maoists are in control and winning the war is erected after the King declared Emergency rule February 1, 2005 in a village in  Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • A banner exclaiming that the Maoists are in control and winning the war is erected after the King declared Emergency rule February 1, 2005 in a village in  Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 villagers came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 villagers came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 villagers came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (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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  • Angolan women prepare huge vats of sorgham to feed the hundreds of internally displaced people in the town of Kuito March, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers watch as Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 people came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers watch as Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 people came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • A child works on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road.(Ami Vitale)
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  • A child works on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road.(Ami Vitale)
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  • A child works on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road.(Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • A Maoist soldier, Prati Rodh, 27 from Rolpa speaks about his experiences as a farmer and joining the movement in a v illage in Rolpa district, March 13, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • A Maoist commander puts a tikka on villagers as they begin work for 15 days to construct  the road from Rolpa to Thabang in Tila village, Rolpa district in western Nepal March 13, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • A Maoist commander puts a tikka on villagers as they begin work for 15 days to construct  the road from Rolpa to Thabang in Tila village, Rolpa district in western Nepal March 13, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • A Maoist soldier stands among villagers who are constructing the road from Rolpa to Thabang in Tila village, Rolpa district in western Nepal March 13, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoist soldiers practice with old guns left by the British colonialists and a stick because there are not enough weapons for everyone  in Tila, village in  Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 14, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • Maoist soldiers practice with old guns left by the British colonialists and a stick because there are not enough weapons for everyone  in Tila, village in  Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 14, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers watch as Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 people came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers watch as Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 people came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • A man works on the road from Rolpa to Thabang in western Nepal, Nepal March 14, 2005. Nearly every citizen living in the Maoist controlled area must work for 15 days straight, manually digging through the mountaineous region to construct the road.(Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 villagers came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • More than 20 Communist flags are draped in trees and throughout a small village signaling that the Maoists are in firm control of the region in Tila, Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 12, 2005. Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 villagers came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoists perform a traditional dance with Communist flags during  a cultural program where over 1000 villagers came from several kilometers walking distance in the village of Tila, district of Rolpa, Nepal March 14, 2005. The Maoists have these cultural programs several times every month as a way to educate villagers about their plans and programs. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Maoist soldiers practice with old guns left by the British colonialists and a stick because there are not enough weapons for everyone  in Tila, village in  Rolpa district in Western Nepal March 14, 2005. Ami Vitale
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  • AKHNOOR, INDIA, FEB. 24, 2004:  A Hindu man carries his child in a bucket to entertain her while he collects water for cooking at a migrant camp near Akhnoor, India  February 24, 2004.  The family has been living in a tent for the last 5 years  after they fled their village  on the Line of Control because of shelling from Pakistan.  Most would like to return to their homes but even with the recent thaw and talk of peace, few here seem convinced they will be returning any time soon.
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  • BADGAM, KASHMIR,INDIA, MARCH 10, 2004:Villagers mourn the death of five people who were killed along with  48 who were injured, when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Badgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004.   Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.
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  • SRINAGAR, INDIA, MARCH 2, 2004:A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim holds his blood stained hands to his chest after flagellating himself in a procession in Srinagar, India March 2, 2004. Shiite Muslims all over the world  are mourning the slaying of Imam Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed who was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions some 1300 years ago in Iran during the first month of the Islamic calender, called Muharram.
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  • SRINAGAR, KASHMIR,INDIA, MARCH 20, 2004:Bilkees Manzoor, an eighteen-year-old girl whose father was taken away by Indian security forces in January 2002 and never returned, argues with Jammu and Kashmir police to allow them to march to the United Nations compound in the name of the the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)  in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian held Jammu and Kashmir state in India, March 20, 2004. At least a dozen people were wounded when police used batons to disperse hundreds of protestors. APDP says more than six thousand people have gone missing since the bloody revolt erupted in Kashmir.
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  • BADGAM, INDIA, MARCH 10, 2004:A Kashmiri woman comforts her relative as they mourn the death of five people who were killed along with  48 who were injured, when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Badgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004.   Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.
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  • KATHMANDU, NEPAL, APRIL 14, 2004: Nepali nurses look after Sunil Sharma, 9 years old, in a hospital in Nepalganj, Nepal who was injured in an explosion 10 days earlier by Maoist insurgents fighting government forces April 14, 2004.  Over 8,000 people have been killed in the conflict and 2,000 of them have been children. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 15, 2004:  Children carry their siblings in a small village in Rukum District April 15, 2004. Ill-equipped security forces in politically unstable Nepal are unable to control  Maoist rebels, who continue to abduct thousands of villagers for forcible indoctrination and military training.  The Maoists mainly target students, teachers and youths. The victims are usually released after a few days of indoctrination, unless they actively resist the "training attempts," in which case the rebels torture or sometimes kill them. Maoist insurgents have capture most of the Western part of Nepal in their attempt to make it a Communist State. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and people's courts. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers.  They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 15, 2004:  Children stand in a hotel as a horse passes by in Rukum district April 15, 2004. The infrastructure of Western Nepal is nonexistant and government troops have a hard time manoevering through the difficult terrain to combat the growing Maoist insurgency. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 20, 2004:  Maoist insurgents take a group of children for a cultural education program  in Rukum district April 20, 2004   Maoist rebels continue to abduct villagers for indoctrination and military training.  The Maoists mainly target students, teachers and youths. The victims are usually released after a few days of indoctrination. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and people's courts. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers.  They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 21, 2004:  Maoist insurgents walk through the mountains to a mobile training camp in Rukum district April 21, 2004.    Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many children and women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 20, 2004:  Maoist insurgents take a group of children for a cultural education program  in Rukum district April 20, 2004   Maoist rebels continue to abduct thousands of villagers for forcible indoctrination and military training.  The Maoists mainly target students, teachers and youths. The victims are usually released after a few days of indoctrination. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and people's courts. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers.  They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 21, 2004:  Maoist insurgents walk through the mountains to a mobile training camp in Rukum district April 21, 2004.    Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many children and women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KATHMANDU, NEPAL, APRIL 14, 2004: Nepali nurses look after Sunil Sharma, 9 years old, in a hospital in Nepalganj, Nepal who was injured in an explosion 10 days earlier by Maoist insurgents fighting government forces April 14, 2004.  Over two thousand children have been killed in the fighting which began in 1996.  (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Kashmiri children load themselves up in a rickshaw on their way back from school in the city of Srinagar   in  Kashmir during Ramadan November 21.  Kashmir has seen nearly 1000 civilians killed this year alone and 1,765 wounded in a brutal conflict that the United Nations calls the most dangerous place in the world.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • NEPALGANJ, NEPAL, APRIL 14, 2004: Children who have become orphans because of the Maoist insurgency point to a poster with the alphabet that has pictures of the current embattled King and Queen in Nepalganj, Nepal  April 14, 2004. The Royal monarchy is facing a crisis and shows no sign of resolution as King Gyanendra's hope of reshaping the political order is met by thousands of protesters shouting antimonarchy slogans in Katmandu and Maoist guerrillas prepare for a final offensive.  Since early April, the five parliamentary parties have organized public protests, saying the country faces a "decisive movement" after King Gyanendra ignores their political demands.  (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • NEPALGANJ, NEPAL, APRIL 14, 2004: A Nepali girl, Sunita Bikas cries after reading a letter from her sister as she sits insidethe Sahara orphanage in Nepalganj, Nepal April 14, 2004.  She was orphaned because of the Maoist insurgency that has killed nearly 10,000 people since 1996, 2000 of them being children.  (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 15, 2004:  Children cross a bridge made out of logs in Rukum district April 15, 2004. The infrastructure of Western Nepal is nonexistant and givernment troops have a hard time manoevering through the difficult terrain to combat the growing Maoist insurgency. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 24, 2004:  A child works in a tea stall in a small village in Rukum District April 24, 2004. Nepal is one of the poorest countries and most children are forced to be a part of the labor work force.  Ill-equipped security forces in politically unstable Nepal are unable to control  Maoist rebels, who continue to abduct thousands of villagers for forcible indoctrination and military training.  The Maoists mainly target students, teachers and youths. The victims are usually released after a few days of indoctrination, unless they actively resist the "training attempts," in which case the rebels torture or sometimes kill them. Maoist insurgents have capture most of the Western part of Nepal in their attempt to make it a Communist State. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and people's courts. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers.  They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 20, 2004:  Nepalese children stan in a government school yard in Rukum  district April 20, 2004. Ill-equipped security forces in politically unstable Nepal are unable to control  Maoist rebels, who continue to abduct thousands of villagers for forcible indoctrination and military training.  The Maoists mainly target students, teachers and youths. The victims are usually released after a few days of indoctrination, unless they actively resist the "training attempts," in which case the rebels torture or sometimes kill them. Maoist insurgents have capture most of the Western part of Nepal in their attempt to make it a Communist State. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and people's courts. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers.  They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 17, 2004:  A child sits insie a wheat mill in Rukum District April 17, 2004.  Many children are regulalry kidnapped by Maoists in order to eucate them about the movement. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core Maoist fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and people's courts. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers.  They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 21, 2004:  Maoist insurgents walk through the mountains to a mobile training camp in Rukum district April 21, 2004.    Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many children and women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 21, 2004:  Maoist insurgents take a break while walking through the mountains to a mobile training camp in Rukum district April 21, 2004.    Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many children and women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KATHMANDU, NEPAL, APRIL 14, 2004: Nepali nurses  and his mother look after Sunil Sharma, 9 years old, in a hospital in Nepalganj, Nepal who was injured in an explosion 10 days earlier by Maoist insurgents fighting government forces April 14, 2004.  Over two thousand children have been killed in the fighting which began in 1996.  (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Children at an orphanage wait to eat at a feeding center in Huambo in the interior region of Angola.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates.  .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 21, 2004:  Maoist insurgents wash up before beginning their walk through the mountains to a mobile training camp in Rukum district April 21, 2004.    Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many children and women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Children march past discarded posters of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal as thousands of people arrive to celebrate Democracy Day and to greet  the Queen who was marking her 55th birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal February 18, 2005.  Nepal marked its annual Democracy Day under emergency rule with severe press censorship, telephones cut and streets flooded with security forces.  King Gyanendra got rid of the government and declared emergency rule on February 1 saying that the country  is under threat from Maoist rebels and political instability.  The Maoist insurgency has claimed over 11,000 lives since 1996. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children march past discarded posters of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal as thousands of people arrive to celebrate Democracy Day and to greet  the Queen who was marking her 55th birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal February 18, 2005.  Nepal marked its annual Democracy Day under emergency rule with severe press censorship, telephones cut and streets flooded with security forces.  King Gyanendra got rid of the government and declared emergency rule on February 1 saying that the country  is under threat from Maoist rebels and political instability.  The Maoist insurgency has claimed over 11,000 lives since 1996. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children march past discarded posters of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal as thousands of people arrive to celebrate Democracy Day and to greet  the Queen who was marking her 55th birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal February 18, 2005.  Nepal marked its annual Democracy Day under emergency rule with severe press censorship, telephones cut and streets flooded with security forces.  King Gyanendra got rid of the government and declared emergency rule on February 1 saying that the country  is under threat from Maoist rebels and political instability.  The Maoist insurgency has claimed over 11,000 lives since 1996. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children march past discarded posters of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal as thousands of people arrive to celebrate Democracy Day and to greet  the Queen who was marking her 55th birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal February 18, 2005.  Nepal marked its annual Democracy Day under emergency rule with severe press censorship, telephones cut and streets flooded with security forces.  King Gyanendra got rid of the government and declared emergency rule on February 1 saying that the country  is under threat from Maoist rebels and political instability.  The Maoist insurgency has claimed over 11,000 lives since 1996. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children march past discarded posters of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal as thousands of people arrive to celebrate Democracy Day and to greet  the Queen who was marking her 55th birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal February 18, 2005.  Nepal marked its annual Democracy Day under emergency rule with severe press censorship, telephones cut and streets flooded with security forces.  King Gyanendra got rid of the government and declared emergency rule on February 1 saying that the country  is under threat from Maoist rebels and political instability.  The Maoist insurgency has claimed over 11,000 lives since 1996. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children march past discarded posters of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal as thousands of people arrive to celebrate Democracy Day and to greet  the Queen who was marking her 55th birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal February 18, 2005.  Nepal marked its annual Democracy Day under emergency rule with severe press censorship, telephones cut and streets flooded with security forces.  King Gyanendra got rid of the government and declared emergency rule on February 1 saying that the country  is under threat from Maoist rebels and political instability.  The Maoist insurgency has claimed over 11,000 lives since 1996. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children march past discarded posters of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal as thousands of people arrive to celebrate Democracy Day and to greet  the Queen who was marking her 55th birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal February 18, 2005.  Nepal marked its annual Democracy Day under emergency rule with severe press censorship, telephones cut and streets flooded with security forces.  King Gyanendra got rid of the government and declared emergency rule on February 1 saying that the country  is under threat from Maoist rebels and political instability.  The Maoist insurgency has claimed over 11,000 lives since 1996. (Ami Vitale)
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