At this time, a reconstruction program involving mine clearance, road building, food and medicine distribution, refugee return and infrastructure repair would be taken on by the UN administration with the cooperation of the militias and under the protection of the foreign military.

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The truck climbed over a hill from the mine and reached a wide road when it stopped.

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We arrived at another of the camps - no more than a few old sacks and tarpaulins spread out along the road opposite the mine entrance - and were immediately surrounded by farmers, who until a year ago, they said, would never have dared to speak to a foreigner about their problems.

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Local governments could mine the data to understand how to improve road safety, decrease congestion and upgrade transportation infrastructure, says Goddijn.

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Many are desperate to re-stock their road salt but supply chain pressures from mine to highway depot looks like resulting in some areas running dry.

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The latest clashes erupted on Wednesday when police tried to clear protesters from a road they had blocked leading to the Pierina gold mine near Huaraz.

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He was off to work in a gold mine north of Tynda, and his sister had given him a tub for the road.

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There is no road, the works have all gone, there is an open-cast mine, and there is a free mountain to boot.

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