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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, African Union peacekeepers and French troops take position at the PK11 checkpoint in Bangui, Central African Republic. The government of Chad said Thursday, April 3, 2014, it is withdrawing more than 800 peacekeepers from a mission to stabilize neighboring Central African Republic after the Chadian troops came under scrutiny for firing into a crowd of civilians last week, killing at least 32 people. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 photo released by Amnesty International, Deputy Mayor Saleh Dido exits a building in Mbaiki, Central African Republic. Even as thousands of Muslims fled the town, Saleh Dido vowed to carry on with his duties. On Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, witnesses said a mob armed with knives chased him and killed him. His fate shows how far the violence has gone in the Central African Republic, where hundreds of Muslims have been killed in just a few months, redefining who belongs here by their religion alone. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, Joanne Mariner)

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In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 photo released by Amnesty International, Deputy Mayor Saleh Dido walks with an armful of papers of Quranic texts in Mbaiki, Central African Republic. Even as thousands of Muslims fled the town, Dido vowed to carry on with his duties. On Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, witnesses said a mob armed with knives chased him and killed him. His fate shows how far the violence has gone in the Central African Republic, where hundreds of Muslims have been killed in just a few months, redefining who belongs here by their religion alone. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, Joanne Mariner)

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In this photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, A Muslim man reads religions script at a Catholic church in Carnot a town 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the Cameroonian border, in, Central African Republic. The Christian militiamen knew hundreds of Muslims were hiding at the Catholic church and came with their ultimatum: Evict the families to face certain death or else the entire place would be burned to the ground. (AP Photo/Steve Niko)

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Muslim Children are lifted into a truck that had fallen into a ditch while turning around in Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. A convoy of over 100 vehicles of Muslims fleeing Bangui turned around as MISCA troops, the African Union’s peacekeeping force currently deployed in the Central African Republic, deemed the road out was not secure. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)