Word: slum
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...many Pakistanis, however, elections with or without emergency rule won't make much of a difference. "The army was ruling before the emergency, and still it is ruling," says toy salesman Yair Khan. "Pakistan is in a continuous state of emergency." Many in the bazaars of Islamabad's slum areas share his indifference. While politics in Pakistan are often waged in the name of the poor, few in the lower classes feel that they have anything to gain. "The main rule of thumb in Pakistani politics is that everyone safeguards their own interest first. No one really cares about...
...recent years, the Mungiki have retreated into their slum strongholds of Nairobi. But they hit the headlines in April with a string of beheadings as they tussled for control of lucrative bus routes by executing drivers and conductors who refused to pay protection money. Analysts speculated that the Mungiki were also flexing their muscles ahead of elections due next month. Brutal police crackdowns began in June after officers were shot dead in a slum as they investigated Mungiki violence. Young men shaved off their dreadlocks or fled the city for fear of being caught up in the arrests...
...Thirty people died in shootouts with police in the Mathare slum in Nairobi during a two-day operation in early June that was later condemned by Amnesty International. In all, officers said they had rounded up 4,000 suspects. Kiai said he now had evidence that 454 bodies had been abandoned in Nairobi's mortuaries. Others, he said, were found in towns further afield or simply dumped in forests. Eric Kiraithe, spokesman for Kenya Police, denied the allegations. He claimed many of the bodies were victims of traffic accidents or gang warfare. "Who was there to say the victims were...
...toppled in a military coup and later executed. But she went back to pick up her father's mantle as head of the PPP, and eventually led the party to election victory, becoming the world's first woman to head a modern Muslim nation. Like many in the sprawling slum city of Lyari, Baloch, though only a child, fell in love with the PPP when the elder Bhutto made it the centerpiece of his campaign to empower Pakistan's poor. "Bhutto came to my house and asked about my problems," says Banno. "Nazir was there with me, waving his little...
...First stop, suite 1034 at the Hilton--down the hall from a group of Thai masseuses and rotating airline crews--where Goldman set up shop in late 2005, with Entwistle as employee No. 1. Next, a second temporary home in a worn-down office building abutting a sprawling slum. When rains flooded the streets, many employees chose to stay the night rather than wade through the filthy water. Entwistle points out the Dumpster that the firm donated to the block, as well as the spot where the generator truck running the trading floor used to park. "When you're working...