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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 2003
Page
5
A United Nations study on urban slums finds about one in six people live in slums, with Asia hosting the most and subSaharan Africa having the highest share. The report warns the slum population could reach two billion by 2030 if action is not taken.
Xinhua reports an unemployed 27 year old man Cao Qian was detained in Ruyang County Henan after a reservoir supplying local drinking water was tainted with poison. Sixty four people sickened 42 hospitalized with no deaths. He allegedly aimed to boost water purifier sales.
In Grozny and Chechnya, voters cast ballots as Akhmad Kadyrov led with about 85 percent based on preliminary ITAR-Tass tallies, while critics labeled the vote a sham. Voters in ruined streets and povertystricken villages wore formal attire, some doubting real change amid ongoing conflict.
Amnesty International warns in a new report that two years after the Taliban’s ouster, Afghan women face forced marriages rape and domestic violence. It cites limited rural access to work and schooling while urging the international community to bolster police legal reforms and courts as a constitution proposes protections including political representation and equal health care and education.
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