The MST, who had occupied the land for six years before being moved by police in 2006, staged a second occupation in November in an attempt to pressure the courts into speeding up their decision.

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With no cellular service in the area, AES managers in the country struggled to communicate with their staff as the occupation dragged into a second day.

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Second, the security effort might seem less like a triumphal occupation if it were more diverse.

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The second most dangerous occupation is fishing, with fishermen dying at a rate of 108 per 100, 000 of those employed.

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In between came Camus's two best-known works, "The Stranger" (1942), in which the collaborating sun, sea and sand play a deadly role, and "The Plague" (1947), a loose allegory of occupation (by rats) set in Oran, Algeria's second city.

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