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Aug 16 2008, AP

Sitting in a leaky, flyblown hut, a few dozen Ethiopian villagers are anxiously waiting to be transported to another world.

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Ukraine’s Larysa Klochkova, center left, and Liona Yudina, center right, defend during their women’s sitting volleyball match against Slovenia at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Slovenia won 3-1.