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Aug 16, 2009

Downpours Flood the Camps of Sri Lankan Refugees

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By LYDIA POLGREEN NEW DELHI — Downpours in northern Sri Lanka have flooded camps housing more than 250,000 people displaced by...
Aug 15, 2009

A Global Surge in Tiny Loans Spurs Credit Bubble in a Slum

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By KETAKI GOKHALE RAMANAGARAM, India -- A credit crisis is brewing in "microfinance," the business of making the tini...
Aug 5, 2009

Tales of Tent City

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by Ben Ehrenreich "This is the bigger picture," said John Kraintz, with a sweep of his arm, indicating the roughly two dozen rema...
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