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Estimated number of homeless people who need shelter in New Orleans on any given night. There were 6,000 before Hurricane Katrina...
...bourgeois-bohemians - a distinctive breed of middle-class Parisians who, in recent years, have moved to traditionally poorer areas of the city to take advantage of cheaper property. Besides Montmartre, favorite "bobo" haunts include the 10th Arrondissement where designer strollers navigate deftly around the tents that shelter the homeless along the St. Denis Canal. "Yes, people can roller-blade more easily now but there's little regard for the impact of these projects on local lives and businesses," adds Langlois. "It's areas like Montmartre that make Paris so diverse. We can't destroy our heritage just to make Paris...
...bourgeois-bohemians - a distinctive breed of middle-class Parisians who, in recent years, have moved to traditionally poorer areas of the city to take advantage of cheaper property. Besides Montmartre, favorite "bobo" haunts include the 10th Arrondissement where designer strollers navigate deftly around the tents that shelter the homeless along the St. Denis Canal. "Yes, people can roller-blade more easily now but there's little regard for the impact of these projects on local lives and businesses," adds Langlois. "It's areas like Montmartre that make Paris so diverse. We can't destroy our heritage just to make Paris...
...targets with precision. The Sri Lankan government must realize that continued attacks against rebel strongholds in the north will never bring the L.T.T.E. to the negotiating table. Faith in a military solution will only increase the tally: more than 65,000 civilians killed and half a million people left homeless. Without isolating Velupillai Prabhakaran's L.T.T.E. politically and diplomatically, there can be no hope of defeating the outfit. And without finding a just and lasting solution to the problem of Tamil identity and victimization, Sri Lanka will never enjoy peace. Srinivasan Balakrishnan, Jamshedpur, India...
...targets with precision. The Sri Lankan government must realize that continued attacks against rebel strongholds in the north will never bring the L.T.T.E. to the negotiating table. Faith in a military solution will only increase the tally: more than 65,000 civilians killed and half a million people left homeless. Without isolating Velupillai Prabhakaran's L.T.T.E. politically and diplomatically, there can be no hope of defeating the outfit. And without finding a just and lasting solution to the problem of Tamil identity and victimization, Sri Lanka will never enjoy peace. Srinivasan Balakrishnan, JAMSHEDPUR, INDIA...