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A New House Kit for Slum Dwellers that is Safe and Easy to Build
By 2030, some 5 billion people around the world will live in cities. Next year, 2008, is predicted to be the tipping point, when urban dwellers (3.3 billion people) will outnumber rural residents for the first time.... Jamie Oliver launches attack on British booze culture
Jamie Oliver, the man who's nicknamed the Naked Chef along with the successful show and a bunch of others, has made some comments on what he thinks of British alcohol culture and the lack of tradition in households. "Oliver, 33, said Britons used to create "fabulous dishes"... Brazil: The advantages of the Capitalism
Brazil boom lifts millions into middle class The income of the poorest 10 percent of people grew by about 9 percent per year between 2001 and 2006, compared with 2 to 4 percent for richer people, according to the...Elite police squad courts controversy in Brazil
Created in 1978, BOPE is different from other law enforcement agencies. In a country obsessed with soccer, they play rugby - because it "involves gaining territory, demands team spirit and courage just like our...In a Rio slum, armed militia replaces drug gang's criminality with its own
"Brazil is undergoing an economic boom that is lifting millions out of poverty. But here in Rio, the incident, which came to light through a series of articles in O Dia, has become a prominent sign of the strains on...Asia's biggest Slum face ruin in development blitz
Asia's biggest slum is in difficult times. Home to more than million residents Dharavi came up around a railway track on a mangrove swamp. But now city government wants to demolish these slum and wants to make...Two Harvard Grads work to bring change in Kenya's largest slum
"Nairobi's Kibera slum is home to as many as a million people, struggling to survive in a community of tin huts, dirt roads, and garbage. To make matters worse, ethnic tension periodically boils over, adding violence...Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?
"Slum tourism, or 'poorism,' as some call it, is catching on. From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the townships of Johannesburg to the garbage dumps of Mexico, tourists are forsaking, at least for a while, beaches... Want to see Clinton Memo? About Last Night 1/22/07
To: Interested Parties
From: The Clinton Campaign
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
RE: About Last Night
While much of this campaign has focused on Senator Obama's rhetoric, there has not been much attention paid... Fire hits slum area in Makati, snarls traffic along EDSA
I was able to catch the billowing smoke on video, albeit actually far from the incident."Fire of still undetermined origin hit several houses inside a squatters' compound in Makati City and snarled traffic in the...Madonna The Queen of Mumbai
The Queen of Mumbai walks the streets among the common people"Pop icon Madonna Tuesday walked through a slum and visited India’s financial capital during a holiday with her family. Madonna, her film director...Ugandan Militias Enter Kenya
This can't be a good thing..."Last night I recieved news that there were reports of Ugandan militia in or around Nyanza Province and Western Province. I waited utill I got confirmation from the ground. After several late night phone calls, I did confirm that Ugandan Forces... Architects aren't ready for an urbanized planet
"EW DELHI: The world is racing to the city, and the one group of professionals capable of housing and sheltering the massive human influx to the urban centers - the architects and the planners - freely acknowledge that they are ill-equipped to cope.
This summer, the number of... Improving Life in Mumbai's Largest Slum
It is difficult not to be daunted by Dharavi. Mumbai’s largest slum – indeed the largest slum in all of Asia – many taxi drivers outside the train station at Mahim junction don’t even want to go there. Finally one agrees, negotiating the narrow streets around the...Five Killed in Casablanca Blasts
UPDATE: An additional suspect and one police officer are confirmed killed in today's explosion, as per the BBC: "A police raid on suspected militants in the Moroccan city of Casablanca has set off gunfights and suicide bombings that have left at least five men dead. One of...
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