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Refugees from northern Mali wait for treatment, May 29, 2012 at the Imbaidou refugee camp near Ayoru, 200 kms northwest of Niamey in Niger. Tuareg and Islamist rebels failed to break an impasse on May 29 over the formation of a breakaway state in northern Mali, a plan which has swiftly unraveled over a disagreement on implementing Islamic law. (Issouf Sonogo/AFP/Getty Images)