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Mon 08 Aug 2010Soldiers and archaeologists work side by side at ancient citadel
LETTER FROM TRIPOLI:High temperatures and hungry workers mean slow work at the Citadel of Raymond de Saint Gilles, writes FRANK SHOULDICE
THERE HAS been no shooting in Tripoli this week. By day, a combination of heat and devotion has reduced things to slow-motion – the holy festival of Ramadan is under way so its predominantly Sunni Muslim population is fasting from sunrise to sunset.
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