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, 28 Feb. 2009, during a ceremony in the Laayoune refugee camp, near Western Sahara's border with Algeria. Delegates from East Timor, France and Algeria joined the Saharawi government-in-exile on Saturday in its call for Western Sahara's independence. The ceremony, including nomads on camel back and marches by Saharawi boy scouts and female soldiers, ended a week of festivities for the 33rd anniversary of the proclamation of the "Saharawi Republic."
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