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 Saharawi border with Algeria. The ceremony commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the Western Sahara Republic, which remains in exile because Morocco controls two-thirds of the territory. Delegates from East Timor, France and Algeria joined the Saharawi government-in-exile on Saturday in its call for Western Sahara's independence.
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