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may 1, 2005 - Urban "Clean-up" program

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Tens of thousands of shanty dwellings and illegal street stalls are destroyed as part of a "clean-up" program. The UN estimates that the drive has left about 700,000 people homeless.

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may 1, 2005
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~ 21 years ago

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