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Sánchez inspects the remains of a makeshift camp set up by cartel members at the mine.

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Labuschagne then failed as a makeshift opener in the World Test Championship final defeat against South Africa at Lord's and was axed.

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A makeshift media centre was set up in an adjacent room.

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Having been pent up for so long, friendless and homesick, they go wild in the safety of Luna’s generic apartment, which scenic designer Tanya Orellana furnishes with makeshift graduate school touches.

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In Tawila, hundreds of people have huddled together in makeshift tents in a vast desert expanse, scrounging together what they can to prepare food for their families, AFP video shows.

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