1. Desert Land In Limbo Is Torn Apart.
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Worth, Robert F., MEKHENNET, SOUAD, and Denton, Bryan
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FIRE , *ACCIDENTS in buildings , *ACCIDENTS - Abstract
LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara -- Dozens of buildings are still blackened from fire on this remote desert city's main boulevard, their windows shattered, their doors boarded up. A hostile silence has reigned since the riot that broke out here last month, leaving 11 Moroccan officers dead and hundreds of people injured. The violence -- the worst seen here in decades -- has renewed a long-festering conflict between Morocco, which governs Western Sahara, and the separatist Polisario Front, based in and supported by neighboring Algeria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010