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Thu 11 Nov 2008'Thank God Eufor has brought some security'
Mary Fitzgeraldreports on her visit to Gassire which houses some of the 130,000 displaced Chadians who have fled inter-ethnic violence and banditry
WHEN WORD began to spread among those living in Gassire last year that soldiers from Europe would soon be patrolling the surrounding area, it was cause for no little optimism. Gassire is what humanitarian agencies call an "internally displaced persons" (IDP) site, a place where Chadians driven from their own villages have set up home in makeshift huts that provide some shelter from the unforgiving heat of Chad's dry season.
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