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PHOTOS: Republic of Congo still wracked by violence
29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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Congolese children peer from a hospital in Mindouli, a town at the heart of the Republic of Congo's troubled Pool region, between the Capital Brazzaville and the coastal city of Pointe-Noire, April 23, 2005. Picture taken April 23, 2005. REUTERS/David Lewis
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U.N. vehicles cross a bridge made of logs in the troubled Pool region in the Congo Republic, between the Capital Brazzaville and the coastal city of Pointe-Noire in this April 23, 2005 photo. The U.N. convoy was meant to deliver aid and attend a soccer tournament to mark reconciliation between rebels and government forces in the Republic of Congo's troubled Pool region and was stopped at a roadblock, dope-smoking, grenade-wielding fighters looted whatever aid and valuables they could find in the U.N. vehicles. Picture taken April 23, 2005. REUTERS/David Lewis
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Congolese aid workers and transporters ride on a lorry along the main road in the southwestern town of Kinkala April 22, 2005. The remains of the 1960s tarmac road have been reduced to deeply rutted dirt tracks and are almost impassable in the rainy season. Picture taken April 22, 2005. REUTERS/David Lewis
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Congolese children peer from the Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Mindouli, a town at the heart of the Republic of Congo's troubled Pool region between the capital Brazzaville and the coastal city of Pointe-Noire, April 23, 2005. The U.N. convoy was meant to deliver aid and attend a soccer tournament to mark the reconciliation between rebel and government forces in the Republic of Congo's troubled Pool region and was stopped at a roadblock where dope-smoking and grenade-wielding fighters looted whatever aid and valuables they could find in the U.N. Vehicles. Picture taken April 23, 2005. REUTERS/David Lewis
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Congolese aid workers push their vehicle off mud on the main road in the southwestern town of Kinkala from the capital Brazzaville, leading to the coastal town of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo, April 23, 2005. The remains of the 1960's tarmac road to the coast have been reduced to deeply rutted dirt tracks and are almost impassable in the rainy season. Picture taken April 23, 2005. REUTERS/David Lewis
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Congolese soldiers and policemen stand guard in Mindouli, a town in Congo's troubled Pool region, between the capital Brazzaville and the coastal city of Pointe-Noire, April 23, 2005. The U.N. convoy was meant to deliver aid and attend a soccer tournament to mark the reconciliation between rebel and government forces in the Republic of Congo's troubled Pool region and was stopped at a roadblock where dope- smoking and grenade-wielding fighters looted whatever aid and valuables they could find in the U.N. Vehicles. Picture taken April 23, 2005. REUTERS/David Lewis
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A Congolese soldier sits by a U.N. convoy in Mindouli, a town in Congo's troubled Pool region, between the capital Brazzaville and the coastal city of Pointe-Noire, April 23, 2005. The U.N. convoy was meant to deliver aid and attend a soccer tournament to mark the reconciliation between rebel and government forces in the Republic of Congo's troubled Pool region and was stopped at a roadblock where dope- smoking and grenade-wielding fighters looted whatever aid and valuables they could find in the U.N. Vehicles. Picture taken April 23, 2005. REUTERS/David Lewis
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