From Finse, the train descends into the valleys of western Norway, with rich green farmland and flowing rivers, masked and revealed by thick stands of pine trees that blur as the train hurtles by.

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Numerous incidents like this recorded by human rights groups have left the locals unwilling to help the army, just one more obstacle that makes peace in this once rich farmland seem as far away as ever.

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Most of the countryside was controlled by rich landowners, which prompted campesinos to populate desolate border areas and turn them into farmland.

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