The Washington Post, August 22nd, 2005
Thousands of families are sleeping in the open, atop the rubble of what used to be their homes. The roads are lined with people pushing jury-rigged carts piled high with the things they could salvage from the onslaught. Devastation, deprivation and hardship: It's a common snapshot of the Third World. But why are these people living in misery? In India and Zimbabwe, they are not refugees from an armed conflict or a drought or a sudden natural disaster. Instead they are the victims of organized demolition drives, prepared, funded and coordinated by the governments of the two countries -- politic...
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