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View of a displaced persons camp in Nertiti, Sudan, in the Jebel Mara mountains of central Darfur, June 25, 2007. The number of displaced people in Darfur has reached 2.2 million, a new high in the four-year-old conflict. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Darfur rebel leader Minni Minnawi, shown here in his office in Khartoum, Sudan, on June 18, 2007, says he doesn't regret signing a peace agreement that has only deepened the conflict in western Sudan. Minnawi was the only rebel leader who signed the U.S.-backed peace deal, but 14 months later violence continues to wrack Darfur. "Everyone knows my reservations. But I chose to stop the bloodshed," Minnawi said.
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Children play soccer in a displaced persons camp in the Jebel Mara mountains of central Darfur. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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A woman walks through the displaced persons camp in Nertiti, Sudan, in the Jebel Mara mountains of central Darfur. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Children play in a camp for displaced people in central Darfur. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Osman Ahmed, left, 44, brought his family to a displaced persons camp in Nertiti, Sudan. Ahmed's family fled a janjaweed attack on their village of Songa on June 9. "We don't know how long we will be here," Ahmed said. "Until there is peace." (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Women sell fruits and vegetables in the marketplace of a displaced persons camp in Nertiti, Sudan, in the Jebel Mara mountains of central Darfur. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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