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A Rwandan military band performs Oct. 20, 2007, at the Kiglai International Airport, Rwanda, for Rwandan soldiers returning home in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport after an eight-month deployment to the Darfur region of Sudan. Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., are providing airlift support to the African Union effort in Darfur. Photo by Capt. Erin Dorrance, USAF

A Rwandan military band performs Oct. 20, 2007, at the Kiglai International Airport, Rwanda, for Rwandan soldiers returning home in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport after an eight-month deployment to the Darfur region of Sudan. Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., are providing airlift support to the African Union effort in Darfur. Photo by Capt. Erin Dorrance, USAF

A Rwandan military band performs Oct. 20, 2007, at the Kiglai International Airport, Rwanda, for Rwandan soldiers returning home in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport after an eight-month deployment to the Darfur region of Sudan. Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., are providing airlift support to the African Union effort in Darfur. Photo by Capt. Erin Dorrance, USAF

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