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TO GO WITH STORY TITLED ERITREA PRIDE-- The minaret of a mosque and the steeple of an Eritrean Orthodox Church stand side by side in the religiously mixed market town of Keren, 85 kms (52 miles) north of the Eritrean capital, Asmara, July 8, 2000. Eritrea is one of Africa's smallest nations, with a population of 3.5 million people evenly split between Muslim and Christian, most of whom are Eritrean Orthodox. It is also the continent's youngest state, gaining independence only in 1993. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)