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DAM03 - 20020321 - QUNEITRA, SYRIA : Syrian Druze Noha Qaraoni (C) bids farewell to her family at the last Syrian checkpoint in the deserted Syrian village of Quneitra 21 March 2002, before crossing to the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights to live with her new husband. The 51-year-old woman married a fellow Druze man living on the other side of the strategic plateau, occupied by Israel since 1967. EPA PHOTO AFPI LOUAI BESHARA