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DATE: Sunday, December 22, 1996              TAG: 9612240012
SECTION: HORIZON                  PAGE: 1    EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: NORTH OF TIMBUKTU, MALI    SIDIDI AG INAKA HAS NEVER USED A 
SOURCE: STEPHEN BUCKLEY The Washington Post


GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, NOMADS HAVE WANDERED ACROSS THE ENDLESS SAND IN SEARCH OF WATER AND GRASS, THEIR LIVES ALWAYS AT THE MERCY OF NATURE SURVIVING IN THE SAHARA


LENGTH: Short :   19 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:      1. Sididi Ag Inaka's family sets up its temporary 

camp (above) in the Sahara. 2. Several families may travel together.

Tuareg women carry an infant in the western Sahara.

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