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Brutul fighting between ethnic miltiias flared after Ugandan troops left the north-east Democratic Republic of Congo

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A makeshift hospital in Bunia is struggling to cope with the hundreds of injured

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Some of the militia members involved in the fighting are barely bigger than their guns but still terrify townspeople in Bunia

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Even though the fighting has old ethnic roots, this gunman's hero appears to be Osama Bin Laden

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Many women took shelter in a UN compound and now, loaded with food and possessions, are daring to go home

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Their first task is to bury the victims

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Desolation awaits many people returning to hastily abandoned homes

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Once a focal point of town life, this market was looted and destroyed during the fighting

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A small UN force keeps a watchful eye on an uneasy calm