Deadly Clashes Stall Western Sahara-Morocco Peace Talks -- The GuardianDeadlock continues after Morocco's violent crackdown on Polisario protesters.
It's a long way from the dusty western Saharan city of Laayoune to Manhasset in leafy New York state, but these very different places were linked this week by a flare-up of violence and a new round of slow-moving international diplomacy.
Exactly what happened in the desert territory remains in dispute between the Saharan independence movement, Polisario, and the Moroccan government, fighting for the past 35 years over one of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
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