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April 2012

Issue 52, volume 6

p.70-71

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The Iraqi national rowing outfit – bidding for a spot at London 2012 – defy the odds. Shambolic security and ethnic violence make even getting to training an arduous task. On the water, though, none of it matters.

Photographers: Kamaran Najm

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