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undergraduate
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‘Emergency Jump Teams’ Are DOJ’s New Plan To Paper Over Its Self-Inflicted Crisis – Above the Law

Things
aren’t
great
at
the
Department
of
Justice,
and
rather
than
get
to
the
root
of
the
issue,
they’ve
come
up
with
a
bold
new
staffing
strategy
involving
duct
tape,
vibes,
and
whatever
warm
bodies
happen
to
be
nearby.

According
to

reporting

from
Bloomberg
Law,
the
latest
brainchild
out
of
Main
Justice
is
something
called
“emergency
jump
teams,”
which
sounds
less
like
a
serious
prosecutorial
strategy
and
more
like
a
rejected
pitch
for
a
CBS
procedural.
According
to
a
February
2
memo
from
Francey
Hakes,
the
director
of
DOJ’s
Executive
Office
for
U.S.
Attorneys,
each
of
the
nation’s
93
U.S.
attorney’s
offices
has
until
February
6
to
volunteer
one
or
two
assistant
U.S.
attorneys
who
can
be
rotated
into
high-need
areas
facing
“urgent
assistance
due
to
emergent
or
critical
situations.”
DOJ
has
blown
a
hole
in
its
own
staffing
model
and
is
now
slotting
in
prosecutors
to
be
human
sandbags.

Trump’s
personal
law
firm,
which
is
how
the
once
venerable
DOJ
was
rebranded
at
the
start
of
the
Trump
II
term,
is
leaking
attorneys
like
a
sieve.
But
that’s
what
happens
when
career
prosecutors
are
asked
to drop
corruption
cases
 as
part
of
a
corrupt
political
bargain
or sign
off
on
baseless
prosecutions
 of
Trump’s
enemies
or
be

part
of
a
fascist
machine

that
ignores
court
orders
and
the
Constitution.

DOJ
lawyers
are
burning
out,
walking
out,
or
in
one
memorable
case,
asking
a
judge
to
hold
them
in
contempt
just
so
they
can

finally
get
some
sleep
.
Instead
of
reconsidering
whether
flooding
line
prosecutors
with
legally
dubious
ICE
cases
is
a
great
idea,
DOJ
has
opted
for
the
institutional
equivalent
of
shouting
“NEXT!”
and
grabbing
whoever
hasn’t
escaped
yet.

Before
landing
on
jump
teams,
DOJ
tried
plugging
the
gaps
with
military
lawyers.
Then
came

recruiting
prosecutors
on
social
media
,
which
is
a
real
thing
that
happened.
Now,
with
morale
somewhere
beneath
the
Mariana
Trench,
DOJ
wants
AUSAs
to
sign
up
for
short-term
deployments
to
wherever
the
latest
crisis
has
erupted

crises
that,
it
should
be
noted,
the
federal
government
largely
created
for
itself.

And
let’s
be
very
clear
about
what
some
of
these
“emergent
or
critical
situations”
are
supposed
to
involve.
Hakes’s
memo
explicitly
ties
the
jump
teams
to
carrying
out
Attorney
General
Pam
Bondi’s
December
directive
ordering
law
enforcement
to
“root
out”
antifa
and
other
left-associated
anti-government
groups.
Because
nothing
says
neutral
law
enforcement
quite
like
emergency
prosecutorial
squads
mobilized
to
chase
the
attorney
general’s
preferred
political
boogeymen.

The
DOJ
is
treating
career
prosecutors
as
replaceable
widgets
while
also
demanding
they
shoulder
legally
questionable
cases
at
breakneck
speed.
That
is
unsustainable,
and
this
plan
is
literally
rearranging
deck
chairs
on
a
ship
that
keeps
springing
new
leaks.
And
no
amount
of
jumping
is
going
to
save
that.



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‘Adventures In Legal Tech’: Defeating Technology Overload – Above the Law

Are
you
among
the
many
lawyers
overwhelmed
by
a
deluge
of
new
technology?
Is
your
firm
looking
for
the
best
ways
to
vet
technology
vendors?
Are
you
tired
of
time-wasting
demos?

In
this
episode
of
“Adventures
in
Legal
Tech,”
host
Jared
Correia
welcomes
Caspar
Roxburgh,
GM
of
Draftable,
to
discuss
solutions
for
law
firm
tech
overload
and
explore
fresh
paths
in
legal
technology
innovation.


Too
Much
Tech

If
you’re
like
most
smartphone
users,
there
are
numerous
unused
apps
lurking
in
the
background,
serving
no
purpose
other
than
slowing
you
down
and
potentially
costing
you
money.
Here,
Caspar
explores
a
similar
dynamic
for
law
firms.


Respecting
Your
Time

While
the
content
of
a
software
demo
is
important,
there
are
broader
issues
that
can
help
you
vet
your
vendors.
Here,
Caspar
explains.


Feedback
as
a
‘Best
Practice’

An
effective
technology
vendor
will
constantly
be
gathering
feedback
to
improve
their
customers’
experience.
Here’s
Caspar’s
take.


Hear
the
Full
Conversation

Curious
to
learn
more?
Check
out
this
episode
below.

Weaponization Czar Ed Martin Sidelined For Weaponizing His Position – Above the Law

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Clark/CQ-Roll
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Inc
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Getty
Images)

“Eagle”
Ed
Martin,
the
Trump
loyalist
that
even
this
Republican
Senate
found

too
incompetent
to
confirm

when
he
sought
to
head
the
U.S.
Attorney’s
Office
in
D.C.,
has
managed
to
find
a
new
way
to
confirm
that
skepticism.
Earlier
this
week,
we
heard
that
the
DOJ
relieved
Ed
of
his
tasks
as
the
driving
force
behing
the
DOJ’s
anti-weaponization
initiative

the
ironically
named
group
working

to
actively
weaponize
the
DOJ
against
Trump’s
political
enemies
.
Every
accusation
really
is
a
confession,
as
they
say.

Now
we
may
know
why
Eagle
Ed
had
his
wings
clipped.

According
to

CNN
,
a
DOJ
review
found
Martin
leaked
grand
jury
material
from
the
Trump
administration’s
politically
motivated
investigations
into
Adam
Schiff
and
Letitia
James:

The
department
found
that
Martin
had
shared
the
secret
grand
jury
material
in
the
Schiff
case,
one
of
the
sources
said.
The
person
said
Martin
initially
denied
sharing
the
material
with
unauthorized
people
when
asked
by
department
leaders,
but
emails
soon
surfaced
showing
that
Martin
had
in
fact
shared
the
grand
jury
material.

Generally,
we
keep
grand
jury
material
secret
for
a
reason.
It
protects
investigative
integrity
and
the
rights
of
the
accused.
When
prosecutors
leak
that
material,
it’s
at
least
contemptuous
and
at
worst
obstruction
of
justice.
That’s
one
of
those
actual
crimes,
not
the
made-up
“somebody
criticized
Elon
Musk”
crimes

Martin
threatened
people
with

during
his
tenure
as
interim
D.C.
U.S.
Attorney.

Deputy
AG
Todd
Blanche
reportedly
oversaw
the
review,
resulting
in
Martin’s
exile
from
the
weaponization
project
to
concentrate
on
his
role
overseeing
pardons
for
a
president

almost
assuredly
selling
pardons
.
But
Blanche
isn’t
going
to
sell
out
a
fellow
MAGA
warrior.
In
his
statement
to
CNN,
Blanche
offers
a
masterclass
in
lawyerly
semantics:

[T]here
are
no
misconduct
investigations
into
Ed
Martin.
Ed
is
doing
a
great
job
as
Pardon
Attorney.

The
present
tense
does
some
conspicuous
heavy
lifting
here.
No
misconduct
investigations

currently
,
but
don’t
ask
Blanche
the
follow-up
about
investigations
they’ve
already
concluded.
Ed
may
be
doing
a
great
job
as
Pardon
Attorney

he’s
not,
but
he
may
have
been

but
how’s
he
doing
as
Weaponization
Working
Group
chief,

Todd
?

Fittingly,
the
whole
reason
this
investigation
came
to
light
was
also
quite
dumb.
Back
in
December,
a
witness
named
Christine
Bish
showed
up
at
a
Maryland
courthouse
after
receiving
a
subpoena.
Investigators
asked
her
about
two
people
who
claimed
to
be
working
on
fraud
cases
alongside
Martin
and
FHFA
Director
Bill
Pulte
that
the
DOJ
was
investigating
these
individuals
for

impersonating
federal
agents
.
Shocking
theory
that
the
FBI
wouldn’t
have
the
same
appetite
for
wild
goose
chases
as
a
couple
of
bros
informally
deputized
to
poke
into
the
half-baked
theories
Martin
and
Pulte
keep
pinning
on
Trump’s
enemies.

Days
later,
a
social
media
user
highlighted
that
ongoing
probe
and
referenced
Pulte
and
Martin
being
under
investigation.
Attorney
General
Pam
Bondi
responded
by
seemingly
trying
to
correct
the
record,
without
elaborating.
“There
is
no
investigation
into
Bill
Pulte”
she
wrote
on
X.

Hilarious.

For
those
keeping
score
at
home,
this
is
the
same
Ed
Martin
who:

dismissed
a
case
against
his
own
former
client
,

threatened
Wikipedia
,
and

harassed
people
without
any
criminal
law
justification
just
because
he
thought
they
sounded
woke
.
He
also

posted
photos
he
took
with
Russell
Brand

not

Forgetting
Sarah
Marshall
-era
Brand,
but

currently
facing
sexual
assault
charges

Brand.

When
he
took
over
the
weaponization
group,
he
said
of
the
work,
“If
they
can
be
charged,
we’ll
charge
them.
But
if
they
can’t
be
charged,
we
will
name
them.
And
we
will
name
them,
and
in
a
culture
that
respects
shame,
they
should
be
people
that
are
ashamed.”

It
seems
this
DOJ
has
little
interest
in
pursuing
charges
here.
So
I
guess
we’ll
have
to
rely
on
the
shaming.
And,
hopefully,

an
ethics
probe
.




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Law School National Survey Shows Support For ICE Is Melting – Above the Law

Some
law
schools
and
law
students
have
been
doing
their
part
to
push
back
against
ICE.
The
University
of
Maine’s
law
school
dean
spread
info
on
an

anti-ICE
hotline
to
the
community

and
students
at

Georgetown
and
George
Washington
tried
their
best

to
keep
ICE
from
attending
their
virtual
job
fair.
But
it
can
be
hard
to
tell
if
these
students
are
just
members
of
a
vocal
minority
when
it
comes
to
resisting
ICE
or
part
of
a
larger
trend.
Thankfully,
a
recent
Marquette
University
Law
School
national
survey
has
some
results
that
should
answer
that
question.
From

Fox
:

A
new
Marquette
University
Law
School
poll
found
60%
of
adults
nationwide
disapprove
of
the
way
U.S.
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement,
known
as
ICE,
is
handling
its
job. 

The
poll
was
conducted
after
the
shooting
in
Minneapolis
of
Renee
Good.
Most
interviews
were
completed
before
the
shooting
of
Alex
Pretti
on
Jan.
24,
2026.

Over
half!
Hard
data
really
does
make
the
go-to
“the
silent
majority
approves
of
this
because
some
mandate
given
to
us
back
in
2024”
argument
less
credible.

There’s
a
strong
divide
on
party
lines

a
whopping
80%
of
Republicans
approve
of
what
ICE
is
doing
according
to
the
poll

but
things
may
change
as
the
operation
scales
up.
The
party
has
done
a
phenomenal
job
of
practicing
cognitive
dissonance
whenever
facts
confront
their
world
view,
but
public
attacks
against
the
Second
Amendment
so
ICE
can
“do
the
jobs”
they
lack
jurisdiction
to
do
has
been
a
hard
selling
point
for
many.

And
if
gun
ownership
isn’t
your
line
in
the
sand,
maybe
the
forecast
of
ICE
being
used
to
do
widespread
voter
intimidation
is:

To
the
60%
of
adults
who
are
unhappy
with
ICE,
welcome
to
the
club.
As
for
the
other
40%,
here’s
one
last
push:


Marquette
Law
School
National
Survey:
60%
Disapprove
Of
The
Work
Of
ICE

[Fox]


Earlier
:

Law
School
Arms
Students
With
Anti-ICE
Hotline
To
Protect
The
Community


George
Washington
And
Georgetown
Law
Ignore
Students
And
Turn
Campuses
Into
Virtual
ICE
Recruitment
Centers



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Nonequity Biglaw Partners Sometimes ‘Feel Like Glorified Associates’ – Above the Law

‘Yay,
I’m
a
partner.’



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of
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Day
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Equity
partners
report
the
highest
satisfaction
across
all
measures,
highlighting
a
clear
satisfaction
gap.
[Satisfaction]
generally
rises
with
tenure
overall,
but
longest-tenure
nonequity
partners
are
among
the
least
satisfied,
equity
partners
rebound
after
an
early-career
dip,
and
associates
improve
through
mid-career
before
leveling
off.



— An
excerpt
from
a

Law.com
flash
survey
,
where
it
was
revealed
that
across
firms
of
all
sizes,
equity
partners
had
the
highest
levels
of
satisfaction
(with
scores
of
3.8
to
~4.3),
on
a
scale
of
one
(very
dissatisfied)
to
five
(very
satisfied),
while
nonequity
partners
posted
the
lowest
average
satisfaction
scores
on
a
range
of
topics,
including
compensation
(~3.08),
current
standard
rates
(~3.14),
and
more
broadly,
their
current
role
(~3.54).
Kayla
McCaleb,
research
manager
and
compensation
research
lead
for
Law.com
Intelligence,
noted
in
light
of
the
survey
results
that
at
times,
nonequity
partners
“feel
like
glorified
associates.”





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Court ejects Zanu PF invaders from Vubachikwe Mine

HARARE

The
Bulawayo
High
Court
has
ordered
dozens
of
Zanu
PF
youths
who
invaded
Vubachikwe
Mine
in
Matabeleland
South
to
immediately
vacate
the
property,
granting
an
urgent
spoliation
order
in
favour
of
the
mine’s
owners.

In
a
ruling
handed
down
on
February
2,
Justice
Bongani
Ndlovu
directed
six
individuals

including
Zanu
PF
Matabeleland
South
youth
chairperson
Moses
Langa

and
all
those
claiming
occupation
through
them
to
cease
illegal
mining
activities
and
leave
the
gold
mine
in
Gwanda.

“The
application
for
spoliation
is
hereby
granted,”
Ndlovu
ruled.

The
court
ordered
Langa,
Aldonia
Gondo,
Madodana
Sibanda,
Taison
Mutengeni,
Takeson
Moyo
and
Alot
Ndlovu
to
restore
possession
of
mining
claim
ML16,
which
incorporates
Vubachikwe
Mine
and
is
owned
by
Forbes
&
Thompson
(Bulawayo).

Failure
to
comply
will
trigger
enforcement
by
state
authorities.
The
ruling
authorises
the
Sheriff,
with
the
assistance
of
the
Zimbabwe
Republic
Police,
“to
recover
vacant
possession
through
ejecting
the
respondents
and
all
those
claiming
occupation
through
them.”

The
order
follows
an
urgent
application
filed
by
Forbes
&
Thompson,
which
said
its
uninterrupted
possession
of
ML16
since
1983
was
violently
disturbed
on
January
17,
2026,
when
a
group
allegedly
led
by
Langa
forced
its
way
onto
the
mine.

In
a
founding
affidavit,
company
director
Musa
Amidu
said
the
respondents
arrived
with
front-end
loaders,
tippers
and
compressors
and
immediately
began
“large-scale
excavation,
removal
and
processing
of
gold-bearing
ore”
at
multiple
sites,
including
Sweet
Waters,
Magano
Shaft,
Churu
Farm,
the
Central
Shaft
turn-off
and
areas
near
low-density
housing.

Amidu
warned
that
the
invasion
was
escalating
and
posed
an
existential
threat
to
the
mine,
citing
irreversible
loss
of
gold
ore
and
serious
structural
damage.

He
accused
the
group
of
intimidating
mine
security
personnel,
resisting
police
intervention
and
holding
public
gatherings
at
the
site
where
they
allegedly
declared
that
the
mine
was
now
under
their
control.

The
affidavit
further
alleged
that
the
respondents
attempted
to
entrench
their
occupation
by
compiling
registers
for
illegal
panners,
planning
to
fence
off
parts
of
ML16
and
engaging
in
political
lobbying
to
legitimise
their
presence.

In
a
certificate
of
urgency,
the
company’s
lawyer,
Dave
Simbi,
said
any
delay
in
granting
relief
would
render
future
remedies
“hollow,”
as
gold
ore
was
being
continuously
removed
and
infrastructure
destroyed.

According
to
the
court
papers,
large
groups
of
youths
had
established
makeshift
structures
on
the
mine
and
were
hauling
away
truckloads
of
gold-bearing
ore,
raising
serious
safety
concerns
and
heightening
tensions
with
mine
workers.

A Federal Judge’s Name Surfaces In The Epstein Files – Above the Law

Jeffrey
Epstein

What’s
in
the
3
million
pages
of
the
most
recent
drop
of
Epstein
files
is
still
being
sifted
through
by
journalists
and
concerned
citizens
alike.
The

latest
discovery
,
made
by
Aaron
Parnas,
concerns
Judge
Rebecca
Taibleson,
a
Seventh
Circuit
judge
appointed
by
Donald
Trump,
whose
name
popped
up
not
because
there’s
evidence
she
communicated
directly
with
Jeffrey
Epstein,
but
because
of
a
chain
of
association
that
raises
concerns.

At
the
center
of
this
particular
mess
is
Taibleson’s
uncle,
Lawrence
Krauss,
the
former
Arizona
State
University
physics
professor
who
retired
after
allegations
of
sexual
misconduct.
When
those
allegations
began
swirling,
Taibleson
(then
serving
as
an
Assistant
U.S.
Attorney
in
Wisconsin)
sent
Krauss
advice
on
how
to
respond
to
the
dean.
That
advice
did
not
stay
private.
Krauss
forwarded
her
message
to
Epstein,
praising
his
niece
as
“brilliant.”
And
just
like
that,
Taibleson’s
name
landed
in
the
Epstein
files,
not
as
a
participant,
but
as
a
reminder
of
how
extensive
Epstein’s
orbit
really
was.

Advising
a
family
member
accused
of
sexual
misconduct
is
already
fraught,
particularly
while
serving
as
a
federal
prosecutor.
While
we
don’t
know
that
Taibleson
knew
her
advice
would
be
shared
with
Epstein,
the
fact
is
that
it
was.
And
that
Krauss
treated
Epstein
as
a
sounding
board
for
reputational
damage
control
underscores
just
how
normalized
Epstein’s
presence
had
become
among
elite
circles.

None
of
this
means
Taibleson
committed
misconduct,
and
it
bears
repeating
that
there’s
no
evidence
she
communicated
directly
with
Epstein.
But
her
advice
on
how
to
deal
with
sexual
misconduct
allegations
is
in
there.
Federal
judges
don’t
get
the
luxury
of
shrugging
off
appearances,
especially
when
the
judiciary
is
already
struggling
to
convince
the
public
it
is
neutral,
ethical,
and
worthy
of
trust.




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Senior
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at
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Death toll from heavy rains in Zimbabwe climbs to 118


In
its
latest
situation
report,
the
DCP
said
nine
more
people
had
died
over
the
past
week,
raising
the
death
toll
to
118,
up
from
109
recorded
the
previous
week.

The
deaths
over
the
past
week
were
mainly
due
to
drowning
and
mine
collapse
caused
by
heavy
rains,
the
DCP
said.

The
rains
have
affected
8,295
households
and
damaged
334
houses,
236
schools,
15
health
facilities,
and
21
bridges
nationwide
as
of
now,
the
DCP
said,
adding
that
at
least
12
marooning
incidents
have
also
been
recorded.

The
department
said
that
major
highways
and
roads
in
both
urban
and
rural
areas
have
been
severely
affected,
with
some
impassable
and
in
need
of
rehabilitation.

Zimbabwe’s
rainy
season
typically
runs
from
October
to
March,
bringing
heavy
rainfall
and
occasional
storms.

Post
published
in:

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Chinese-owned Zimbabwe mine dismisses women after forced HIV tests

At
Xiao
Honguqiu’s
Famona
gold
mine,
three
women
workers
were
compelled
to
undergo
HIV
tests
and
subsequently
dismissed
on
22
December
2025,
regardless
of
the
results,
while
more
than
60
male
colleagues
faced
no
such
requirement.
The
Zimbabwe
Diamond
and
Allied
Minerals
Workers
Union
(ZDAMWU),
an
IndustriALL
Global
Union
affiliate,
condemned
the
practice
as
a
form
of
sexual
harassment
and
gender-based
discrimination.

Zimbabwe’s
Constitution
and
labour
legislation
safeguard
workers’
dignity,
equality
before
the
law
and
protection
from
gender
discrimination.
The
right
to
privacy,
including
the
confidentiality
of
health
information
such
as
HIV
status,
is
similarly
enshrined.
Employers
are
expressly
barred
from
forcing
disclosure
of
HIV
status.
The
2021
Cyber
and
Data
Protection
Act
further
criminalises
unauthorised
disclosure
of
personal
health
data
by
third
parties,
including
online.

The
dismissals
reportedly
followed
information
obtained
from
an
online
platform
that
exposed
one
worker’s
HIV
status.
The
affected
worker
has
filed
a
police
report
at
Nyathi
Police
Station
near
Bulawayo
against
the
individual
responsible
for
the
posting.
ZDAMWU
has
lodged
a
formal
complaint
with
the
Zimbabwe
Gender
Commission,
which
is
now
investigating
the
matter
and
weighing
potential
legal
action
against
the
company.

Justice
Chinhema,
ZDAMWU
general
secretary,
asserted
that
the
union
is
pressing
for
the
reinstatement
of
the
three
women.

“It
is
unacceptable
for
employers
to
subject
women
to
sexual
harassment
and
flout
the
law
with
impunity,”

he
said.

IndustriALL
Sub-Saharan
Africa
regional
secretary
for
Paule-France
Ndessomin,
said:

“We
back
ZDAMWU
in
seeking
justice
for
these
workers.
Chinese
multinational
companies
operating
in
Zimbabwe
and
the
region
must
adhere
to
national
labour
laws
and
international
standards.”

IndustriALL’s
research
under
the
project:
Towards
an
inclusive
and
sustainable
future
for
workers
in
Eastern
and
Southern
Africa
with
the
University
of
the
Witwatersrand’s
Southern
Centre
for
Inequality
Studies
titled
Fighting
back:
Labour
fragmentation
in
and
the
face
of
capital
vis-à-vis
the
Just
Transition
and
eco-socialism
has
confirmed
rampant
sexual
harassment
and
exploitation
on
Chinese-owned
mines
in
Zimbabwe
with
supervisors
preferring
to
hire
“small
Maria”
instead
of
“big
Maria.”

“Chinese
management
in
both
Zambia
and
Zimbabwe
wanted
a
“small
Maria”

a
black
female
worker
who
was
small
built.
The
management
used
their
positions
and
fear
of
job
insecurity
to
exert
pressure
and
solicit
sexual
favours
or
rape
women
workers.
Black
women
workers
in
Zimbabwe
who
were
employed
in
the
mining
sector,
barely
faced
victimization
and
harassment,”
exposes
the
research
in
its
findings
which
will
be
published
in
April.


Source:



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Zimbabwe
mine
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women
after
forced
HIV
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