Ghazali Ghania, 33, collects a ticket in a bus
Ghazali Ghania, 33, collects a ticket in a bus in Algiers March 1, 2009. Denni Fatiha is the first female bus driver in Algeria while her colleague Ghazali Ghania, ...

Denni Fatiha, 48, drives a bus in Algiers March
Denni Fatiha, 48, drives a bus in Algiers March 1, 2009. Denni Fatiha is the first female bus driver in Algeria while her colleague Ghazali Ghania, 33, is the ...

Saharawi nomads riding on traditional camel saddles for women
Saharawi nomads riding on traditional camel saddles for women prepare to march past Polisario and international officials on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at a ceremony in the Laayoune refugee ...

The vice-prime minister of East Timor, Jose Luis Guterres,
The vice-prime minister of East Timor, Jose Luis Guterres, addresses a crowd of Saharawi refugees and international officials on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, in the Laayoune refugee camp near ...

Saharawi refugee girls parade with replica guns, Saturday, 28
Saharawi refugee girls parade with replica guns, Saturday, 28 Feb. 2009, at a ceremony in the Laayoune refugee camp near Western Sahara's border with Algeria. Delegates from East ...

Saharawi refugees attend a ceremony , Saturday, Feb. 28,
Saharawi refugees attend a ceremony , Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, in the Laayoune refugee camp near the Saharawi border with Algeria. Delegates from East Timor, France and Algeria joined ...

The president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Western Sahara,
The president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Western Sahara, Mohammed Abdelazziz, salutes crowds on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at a ceremony in the Laayoune refugee camp near the border ...

Saharawi President-in-exile Mohammed Abdelaziz, center, sits between regional governor
Saharawi President-in-exile Mohammed Abdelaziz, center, sits between regional governor Mahrez Lamari of the Algerian Tindouf region, right, and the vice-prime minister of East Timor, Jose Luis Guterres, left, Saturday, ...

Chiefs from the nomadic desert tribes that make Western
Chiefs from the nomadic desert tribes that make Western Sahara and Polisario Front officials attend a ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, in the Laayoune refugee camp near the ...