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• The Guardian: Why 2010 could be an own goal for the Rainbow Nation

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/30/zuma-failing-black-south-africans Why 2010 could be an own goal for the Rainbow Nation The ANC is failing poor black South Africans, and next years World Cup will only intensify scrutiny of Zumas regime o Jonathan Steele o guardian.co.uk, ...
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• Sheila Dikshit finds a supporter in Bal Thackerary (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has earned praise from an unlikely quarter - Bal Thackeray. The Shiv Sena supremo has said she was the “only man” in the Congress as she has raised the politically touchy issue of how the burgeoning population of migrants was overwhelming Delhi and ...
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• Going Nowhere or Staying Put?

  
  Abahlali baseMjondolo - Sekwanele! — Authority: 128
  http://www.metamute.org/en/content/going_nowhere_or_staying_put By Neil Gray Forced out of the areas they occupy, the involuntary subjects of urban gentrification confront a double challenge: the need for housing, and the need to radicalise campaigns beyond the parliamentary liberalism of rights discourse - writes ...
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• How Slumdog Millionaire’s success changed lives of film’s child stars

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  London, Dec 26 (ANI): The stupendous success of Slumdog Millionaire has dramatically improved the bleak lifestyle of child stars Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, with both being enrolled full-time in school, and are living in far better conditions than before.While Ismail has been shifted into an apartment, Rubina ...
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• M&G: Freedoms prisoners

  
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  http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-12-23-freedoms-prisoners Freedoms prisoners NIREN TOLSI | DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - Dec 23 2009 06:00 Among the debris of the Abahlali base­Mjondolo presidents destroyed home lie the remains of freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Almost three months ago Sbu Zikode had to ...
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• Adams encounter with Sushma Reddy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Getting a taste of their “switched’ lifestyle in UTV Bindass show “Big Switch’, the rich contestants are as always ready to take on the grueling tasks so they can help fulfill the dream of their slum buddy. After transporting sacks of rocks and selling pizzas, the contestants were all geared up and looking ...
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• Tondo and Its Smoky Mountain

  
  Adventures of the Coconuter — Authority: 117
  Walk... Observe... See the world around you... in new and as many point of views as possible...READ THE REST OF THIS POST AND VIEW THE PICTURES ...
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• Delhi slum magician can perform Indian rope trick, world’s greatest illusion

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  London, December 20 (ANI): A man in the slums of Delhi claims he knows to do the Indian rope trick, which is popular as the “world’s greatest illusion.”Hasan Khan insists that the trick has been his family legacy dating back to the 17th century, since the rule of Indian emperor Jahangir.“This trick has been ...
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• 52 percent of Delhi lives in slums, kids malnourished (Lead)

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) More than half of Delhi’s population lives in urban slums with inadequate provision of basic services, a study released here said. Further, 66 percent of children under the age of six in these slums are undernourished.According to the study, titled “A Situational Analysis of the Young ...
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• 52 percent of Delhi lives in slums without basic services

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) More than half of Delhi’s population lives in urban slums with inadequate provision of basic services, a study released here Thursday said.According to the study, titled “A situational analysis of the young child in India”, 52 percent of Delhi’s population resides in urban slums. The ...
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• Narayani Shastri and Shonali Nagrani clean the slums of Mumbai!

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  UTV Bindass on December 15th launched a movement that Mumbai has long been waiting for –which aims to reaching out to young India. UTV Bindass takes its popular TV show “The Big Switch’ to a new level by adopting a slum for a year and by arranging improvement activity there every quarter.The first activity [...]
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• The Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia

  
  Travel, Travel Vacations, Travel City, European Travel and more Informations — Authority: 457
  Lyrics: So you been to school For a year or two And you know youve seen it all In daddys car Thinkin youll go far Back east your type dont crawl Play ethnicky jazz To parade your snazz On your five grand stereo Braggin that you know How the niggers feel cold And the slums [...]
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• Housing is central to economic growth: Task Force report

  
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  New Delhi, Dec 11 (ANI): The High Level Task Force headed by Deepak Parekh has noted that housing is central to economic growth and has multiplier effects on employment and poverty reduction.This was revealed by Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja while replying to a question in the Lok ...
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• A Report on AbM & the Kennedy Road Settlement

  
  Abahlali baseMjondolo - Sekwanele! — Authority: 128
  Click here to read an annotated version of this report in word. Experiences of Abahlali baseMjondolo and the Kennedy Road Settlement, Durban, South Africa Introduction South Africa’s apartheid past has had a deep and enduring impact on housing, more so in the case of poorer communities. Colonial and later ...
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• Shantaram – Hows It’s Giving Me New Eyes For India

  
  The Power of Choice — Authority: 111
  Here I am in India soaking in all the sights sounds and smells. There’s never a dull moment here. Always something stirring, horns honking, and people on the streets selling food, trinkets, and clothes. I started reading Shantaram on my way to LA but didn’t get very far. I’m kind of glad though now as I’m ...
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• Lessons From India

  
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  by Norm Trainor, The Covenant Group I just returned from a ten day business trip to India. During my trip, I learned many lessons about life, business and people in India. Hopefully, you will find these lessons of value in your business and personal life. The importance of generosity of spirit: Shakespeare, in ...
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• Researchers Link Pollution to Oil Sands, Monitoring Body Disagrees

  
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  Image credit: Wikimedia Commons It’s not a huge surprise that the oil sands—which have been described as the ” most destructive project on earth ” and were likened to Mordor by a United Nations water advisor—are leaking toxins into nearby streams. Still, the Regional Aquatic Monitoring Program (RAMP), the ...
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• Residents of Sundarbans felicitates Indophile and French author Dominique Lapierre

  
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  Sundarbans (West Bengal), Dec 8(ANI): French author, Indophile and philanthropist Dominique Lapierre has kept up his humanitarian tryst with India and in recognition to his mission, the residents of Bhangur in Sundarbans felicitated him during his annual visit to their village on Tuesday. For the people of West ...
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• Make a Wish – Part 1

  
  The Humanitarian Chronicle — Authority: 116
  While in India, I had the opportunity to talk to a few young people living in poverty who have New Zealand sponsors.I asked one young guy (11 years old) what he would wish for if he could have one wish and know without a doubt that it would come true. The circumstances that young man [...]Related posts:This is for the ...
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• How to Profit off the Poor… and Keep Your Soul

  
  Work Home Money — Authority: 119
  Well, this is an initiative which is working in the slums and other poor areas for the poor people and yet this is not a non-profit but a for-profit one. Children from slums and other poor areas, where not all basic amenities are available leave aside school and other services which are thought to be luxury are ...
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