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From the Ted Talk by Ryan Lobo: Photographing the hidden story

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The second story I'm going to tell you about is about a group of very special fighting women with rather unique peace-keeping skills. Liberia has been devastated by one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars, which has left more than 200,000 people dead, tahuodsns of wmoen scarred by rape and crime on a saclepcatur scale. Liberia is now home to an all-woman United Nations ctnongient of Indian pepceeeerkas.

These women, many from salml towns in India, help keep the peace, far away from home and family. They use negotiation and tolerance more often than an armed response. The commander told me that a woamn could gauge a potentially violent situation much better than men. And that they were definitely capable of diffusing it non-aggressively. This man was very drunk, and he was very iseernettd in my camera, until he noticed the women, who handled him with smiles, and AK-47s at the reday, of course. (Laughter)

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The second story I'm going to tell you about is about a group of very special fighting women with rather unique peace-keeping skills. Liberia has been devastated by one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars, which has left more than 200,000 people dead, _________ of _____ scarred by rape and crime on a ___________ scale. Liberia is now home to an all-woman United Nations __________ of Indian ____________.

These women, many from _____ towns in India, help keep the peace, far away from home and family. They use negotiation and tolerance more often than an armed response. The commander told me that a _____ could gauge a potentially violent situation much better than men. And that they were definitely capable of diffusing it non-aggressively. This man was very drunk, and he was very __________ in my camera, until he noticed the women, who handled him with smiles, and AK-47s at the _____, of course. (Laughter)

Solution


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  2. peacekeepers
  3. contingent
  4. woman
  5. spectacular
  6. ready
  7. small
  8. interested
  9. women

Original Text


The second story I'm going to tell you about is about a group of very special fighting women with rather unique peace-keeping skills. Liberia has been devastated by one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars, which has left more than 200,000 people dead, thousands of women scarred by rape and crime on a spectacular scale. Liberia is now home to an all-woman United Nations contingent of Indian peacekeepers.

These women, many from small towns in India, help keep the peace, far away from home and family. They use negotiation and tolerance more often than an armed response. The commander told me that a woman could gauge a potentially violent situation much better than men. And that they were definitely capable of diffusing it non-aggressively. This man was very drunk, and he was very interested in my camera, until he noticed the women, who handled him with smiles, and AK-47s at the ready, of course. (Laughter)

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