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spanish colony from the late nineteenth century until nine hundred seventy five them both mauritania and morocco claimed sovereignty us from locals this her royal we established the polish sorry of france and declared an armed struggle in one nine hundred seventy nine mauritania withdrew from the war means an immoral quotes that small and an insurgency ensued and the ceasefire was declared in one nine hundred ninety one and independence referendum was promised for the following year but never happened. we have been living in limbo for decades and the women have now taken it upon themselves to clear the mines from the land they hope to return soon . to travel to meet these courageous women but get in there was no easy task as we were about to discover. we were dropped off in the middle of nowhere. this is algeria near the border tens of thousands of refugees left here.
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this would be our new home for about three days while we waited for permission to cross the border. even though her hours have been here for over forty years now. they don't bother with cosmetic maintenance because they never expected to be here this long. but at the time we had more pressing issues like finding water. not easy when you don't speak the language and it's the first day of ramadan. hello. hello. do you speak english.
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see the smile for no saw the spirit of a. well this will fall exploit the gap boss. revealing the plot but ok if you could ask. people. the night there not to be a lot of the latter a lot of me just say yeah i did to pass the on the style most serious is there that we did this is a compliment to did yes. somehow i always suffer from how is this system oh it's the political to the sick of the most of the system and of the species. did. he see it spit on them. in. the house finished it it's over. it must. give us whatever they want but i think
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you can see the analysis here that's not how i would. get us to it it could be could i was there is a. test can't lie hand they get having said. that they were intended to get the word on the circle. this. is small enough it's true that there's stuff. in the stuff of mother were cooked. and. bad oh. yeah yeah you tend to get it in the news you just use a superstar. you know from some of. the. could
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enables you to consider the needle mr nice to. say i just i mean move and sell at the close of colonists. techie. forwarded to me that he'd been in the process a perception of. some of the. him in a motorcade didn't you know it's going to be for its own covert is. to continue. into the civil suits ordering. the county poor traffic. we have a number of police known to be rude to david did i know you're going to vote no no no no i'm no it's got a photo. in there. at least we knew where the shops were now and had a better idea of where we work but still no news regarding the permission to cross
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the border. three days turned into a week and it felt like forever we started out some would ever get to western sahara but then we got the call with them waiting for the police sorry affronts had arranged the car and security for us so at six am we were off. in order to get to western so hard you have to pass a number of checkpoints knowledge area and mauritania security here is tight dozens of foreigners were kidnapped and held for ransom in the last decade so they're not taking any chances but that didn't stop us from having a little pipe to eat in the middle of the desert where our guards turned into shafts.
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dr superior leslie lasted about six hours we finally arrived or more looking forward to meeting our female to minors this used to be a hospital but now it houses the norwegian then geo that started to mine in operations in twenty fifteen at the request of the government. it was four am and we were headed out to a potential mine field to see how it's done there are sixty of the miners in total who are split into two teams floor of them are girls there's always a doctor in an ambulance on standby i was curious to see how the girls would cope where in nine vast sum the desert heat. only mad. and how. they have it's. a sad
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sad sad. time that even. if at the end. i can a lot of the chance only that. i didn't. find it. funny. when i went. by the. hair. back in the camps three hundred thirty kilometers away above us parents can't wait for her to come home safe and sound she works for nine weeks at a time and they spend every one of them boring about her. not commit.
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good. study on the matter with just a ton of vodka for the good of the other counts and. that of other somehow well let's call it almost all of it at home our work model almost come up in the morning for how the. notion of the. will of their own self nine year old could i would point out a full what i do all manner of cultural social member so when silences come back a modern systems. are looking forward to. this in a while and that's what i'll agree with and so so for a film of someone who lost a couple how to almost on top of. all. morphology american shall not be dead so it's one more fact i talk about
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a man. and i don't know who some dude i'm back again. with any. money but i could see him but i will. be sure. that i'm going more fuck up more of their shots. since i. have your stuff and i'm sure. some way out of the you don't want to bats don't know what i'm saying sounds. confusing there is a. they were and with and and have been has been as i have been i mean
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they. haven't built up one that has not interested in the bad news in a minute but it. comes to come since on some of it's on the. land mines have injured more than one and a half thousand people here since two thousand and twelve. heavily mined is along the so-called moral couldn't wall it was built in the one nine hundred eighty says a buffer between forces in the west and the polish sorry affronts in the east it's twenty seven hundred kilometers long runs all the way through western sahara and the surrounded by almost nine million land mines. of it anyhow and
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used by professional scallywags to earn money. that's right these has flaws are simply not accountable. to them. stabilize the global economy you need to protect yourself and get in for god's geysers. los angeles the city of luxury and free but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. simple fact in l.a. use there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in it's been a struggle. this man phoned his own response to the problem and constructed dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing in order to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle do the authorities accept. on
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a city parking space is not a solution. to someone wanted touring the site otherwise it will be a free for all and this is there a better alternative to end the homelessness crisis. there's a whole lot of. that. school having a blast. even though most of her always floods there are a few who chose to return not their own risk to go to the camps in algeria especially
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when it gets really hot but mostly they live here when the. top. of the other women end up at the wood they're going to be inside it. when the wasn't housing. was welcomed a model with welcome. them and moved. to become a. hundred and. many of them had hundreds and. how can see. them in the fall of night as if it
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a vanity deal at all any article of someone i guess. all of. these men now help educate others on the dangers of land mines they told us that a few days before we arrived a shepherd from mauritania had been injured by a mine because like so many others he simply didn't know what they looked like where they might be. what makes matters worse is that the miners have only recently started recording the areas that have cleared but even that is no guarantee because we've been told that rain and wind can sometimes cause mines to shift. why does morocco want to land so badly here month. very year. here. we have.
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sarah. we're human if you. know. when you. start fresh. for all of. you who will live. back of the demining us house the girls are out of their uniforms and getting ready to break their fast. they told me that even though it gets boring here at least there's television air conditioning and the shower they called it the luxury of the desert. in the.
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last. five years. ok yes to listen to typing on a c.n.n. post. yes yes yes yes i think that that's not to say that suspiciousness. costs are sixty. district exception it's a matter. of minutes him to found some go. to go through a computer or feel a greater sense she has. the whole of the whole sort. of hollywood
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now that we saw where the house. had to salute go out of the world of how to miss to use the rhythm if you have. stead riddick was it at the gym got the moves on but there must be something that. kind of. stuff that is. coming up remember. your system with the assistance here. and so he said i mean i'm. and of course i thought. it was a little someone would be someone who think this is where this. group. is becoming addicted to you know started to. accept that.
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it was time for us to leave and all those heading home early so we offered her a lift to the camps in algeria. she. says this is nice to. say. you know. a kid when it's air. i mean that it's go on and it's going to. last so sad i'm concerned. that i was and. you think. these are banking on the independence referendum and it's become clear to us that
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they won't give up until they get exactly what they want. to. move to. the milk of the. can be a good live music. and there are a lot of. my friends at the top of. the eating are not new to this is a. lot of the cheese ended up on the one. we're going to. lose million more to you so we. all know it's disaster and i'm glad i'll show you something bad that i don't know about you know most of the food. that suit.
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you know. we. have practiced everything else and yes oh yes i did it and he says. ok this is larby our local guy in the northeast extraordinary he hopes that the younger generation doesn't get seduced by an easier more modern life abroad that's why he's keen to show them that a different world is possible it's much closer to home. and then hand it in i've been to many now not so much and then this and the head of
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that this would be my new doctor about i no doubt about that i'll tell them that if they knew i. could. never. get on i don't summon. you get don't know for a lot you know i know i deny that snit minaj and second if there's driving out of a senate for goes on i'd. just. sit here says. if you know my view director and so on was
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guys to go along to pick him up because. this is. the more you remember the lift bill brought up the locals are ready to stand up for the basic human right of access to water it's about water but it's also over much more than water it's about to hurt and the redistribution of. their debt downwards the one dollar. hey everybody i'm stephen. hollywood guy. ever proud american first of all i'm just george bush and r.v. . this is my buddy max famous financial guru little bit different.
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week's top stories from the u.s. is left all but isolated at the u.n. as the vast majority of nations vote against president trying to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital a move that's triggered almost daily clashes in the region. peace it's a simple. extremely volatile. visited russia for the british foreign secretary although relations alright say a low point he at least try to break the ice by attempting a little bit of russian thank you very much sir. hospitality in welcoming me in my.
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