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shantytown

a town or section of a town or city inhabited by very poor people living in shanties
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Why has the council rewarded us by allowing the city centre to be turned into what resembles a Delhi shanty town? beehappy It's not just Cardiff it's a problem shared nationwide.
Council enforcement officers who encountered the mess for the first time described it as a 'shanty town'
Witnesses and officials said the fire destroyed 12 of 14 huts that stood in the shanty town.
"Many of these unfortunate folk are drug abusers and the health hazard and safety issues of a shanty town could affect the whole town.
Created by Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steve Thompson and directed by Cilla's Paul Whittington, Jericho was reportedly costly for the network to make and involved building the shanty town set.
IN A shanty town in Sri Lanka, Lulu is belting out an impromptu performance of Amazing Grace.
Weary after walking for hours, she made one last-ditch attempt to find her in the shanty town which had once been home and knocked on a stranger's door.
is very personal link to the Maria del Socoro School, Las Lomas School and the Cerrito de la Virgen Shanty town means group members will be able to share in the joy of these girls receiving their rst ever new dress.
The community has blockaded access to their shanty town and prevented police from entering, officers said.
Welcoming the superstars, fellow actors and a crew of almost 200, Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland has been turned into it's very own shanty town as trailers and marquees have gone up in preparation for this week's two-day filming.
Welcoming the superstars, fellow actors and a crew of almost 200, the area around the castle has been turned into a shanty town as trailers and marquees have gone up in preparation for this week's two-day filming.
The bomb went off as crowds were leaving a football match at the stadium in the impoverished Lyari Shanty Town area.
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