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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