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    Queer Activity in Mathare Slums!
    2008-02-20 02:06:50
    Violence has returned to Mathare Area 1 following what residents are claiming to be forceful evictions of tenants belonging to certain ethnic communities allegedly for non-failure to pay rent. It is stated that this was done yesterday under police supervision although this allegation is uncornfirmed! This latest event has sparked the anger of residents from the communities concerned and is...
    By: A Nairobian Perspective!
     
    Slums in Mumbai Demolished: Where's UNICEF?
    2007-05-08 21:12:00
    Akshay, 5, reclines on his father, Rajan while sitting in the rubble of their shelter, which was demolished by the government in a drive to remove slums from the streets of Mumbai, May 4, 2007.  REUTERS/Arko Datta Feeling lucky now? Is it so easy to shrug off the extremely favorable lives we live, as we look at those less fortunate? The next person I hear complaining about their cell phone's reception or the speed of their internet connection or the resolution of their flat screen tv or the price of gasoline or the food and alcohol they abuse or their credit score, gets and a kick in the crotch and an uppercut on the chin. -AT...
    By: Amerikan Turk
     
     
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