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Women scarred by Sierra Leone's civil war take sewing classes at the center set up by Justice Renate Winter, president of the special court trying war crimes cases.  The women have been left scarred by their abuse and are ostracized by their families.

( Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times )

Women scarred by Sierra Leone's civil war take sewing classes at the center set up by Justice Renate Winter, president of the special court trying war crimes cases. The women have been left scarred by their abuse and are ostracized by their families.

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