Jamaican pleads not guilty to drug charges in NY

Jamaican gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke, appearing in U.S. court after the government had sought for months to extradite him from his home, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he ran a massive drug ring in the eastern United States from his Caribbean stronghold.

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Jamaican gang leader arrives to face NY charges

Following bloodshed over his capture, Jamaican gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke arrived in New York City under tight security on Thursday to face charges he flooded the East Coast with shipments of cocaine and marijuana, authorities said.

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Jamaican gang leader departs for US in extradition

The scion of a Jamaican gang family was flown to New York on Thursday after agreeing to be extradited, saying it was in his nation's best interests after clashes that killed 76 people.

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Jamaica imposes 48-hour curfew in capital slums

Jamaica has ordered people to stay off the streets for two days in several slums in the capital while authorities continue a gang crackdown and hunt a reputed drug lord wanted in the U.S.

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Jamaica imposes 24-hour curfew in capital slums

Jamaican authorities say they have imposed a temporary curfew in troubled slums of the capital as security forces continue to hunt for a reputed drug lord wanted in the U.S. on drug and arms trafficking charges.

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Rights groups seeks probe into Jamaica killings

Human Rights Watch is calling for an investigation into allegations that Jamaican security forces executed some of the people killed in the hunt for a reputed drug lord.

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Jamaica police vow to catch reputed drug lord

Jamaica's top cop insisted Friday security forces will capture a reputed underworld boss who escaped a bloody, four-day assault on his slum stronghold, while more people in the battle zone said innocents died during the fighting.

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Walker apologizes for conditions at Ill. buildings

Former NBA All-Star Antoine Walker is apologizing for "unacceptable" living conditions at Chicago buildings owned by his companies.

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Brazil: Intense blaze burns Sao Paulo slum

An intense fire broke out Sunday in a slum in South America's largest city, sending residents running across rooftops to escape the flames.

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Kenya moves 1,500 slum residents to new homes

Kenyan government trucks took 1,500 slum residents to new homes Wednesday as part of a United Nations-backed plan to eliminate the shantytowns that house more than half the capital's population.

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Traditionally pro-Chavez slum turns to opposition

The barrio of Petare, one of the biggest slums in Latin America, has traditionally been a stronghold for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

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Bush to visit US priest in Bangkok slum

When Father Joe heard that President Bush was to visit children in Bangkok's largest slum, the first thing the American priest did was ask them: "Do you want to meet him?"

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Fire Kills 5 in Bangladesh Slum

A fire raced through an overcrowded slum in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, killing five people and leaving thousands homeless, a fire official said Sunday.

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Massive Indian Slum to Be Redeveloped

One of the world's largest slums, a filthy shantytown in western India, will be razed and replaced with free homes for Mumbai's poor in a multi-billion dollar project by a private developer, officials said Wednesday.

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Vigilantes Impose Peace in Rio Slums

For as long as anyone can remember, the cracked asphalt soccer field in the Roquete Pinto slum was off-limits to children — "reserved" by gangs selling marijuana and cocaine. Then, a few months ago, a mysterious squad of beefy men with submachine guns started patrolling on foot, and the drug dealers disappeared.

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U.N. Peacekeepers Raid Haiti Slum

Hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers raided Haiti's largest and most violent slum Friday, seizing a portion of it in a six-hour gunbattle that left a gang member dead and two soldiers wounded, officials said.

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Sandy Springs officially has a slum.

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DIEPSLOOT, South Africa — The two robbery suspects had already been viciously beaten, their swollen faces stained with rivulets of red. One of them could no longer sit up, and only the need to moan seemed to revive him into consciousness.

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Kids in Lagos are given cameras with which to document their lives. Great video.

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The winning photo for 2008 comes from 21-year-old Belgian photographer Alice Smeets, the youngest person ever to win the competition. The picture comes from a slum in Port au Prince called the "Cité Soleil," or "City of the Sun."

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Barack Obama's political career rose from the south side of Chicago with a lot of help from his friends involved in the housing industry. They have profited and thrived, unlike the Senator's south side constituents

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Shamita Naidoo said she often wonders whether or not anyone really ever sees her. She also wonders the same thing about the hundreds of people living around her, in tiny tin shacks perched underneath gum trees on a nearby hill.

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Strange days are upon the residents of many a suburban cul-de-sac. Once-tidy yards have become overgrown, as the houses they front have gone vacant. Signs of physical and social disorder are spreading.

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Slum Survivors - reality in Nairobi's Kibera

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[opinion] Excerpt- ''Mixed in with the rent-a-rioters who stormed the New Orleans City Council meeting over public housing were a few homegrown thugs who refuse to be weaned from the public teat without a finger-pointing, racial epithet-hurling fight.

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When Sammy Gitau, a child of one of Nairobi's most notorious slums, discovered a Manchester University prospectus on a rubbish tip, he kept it as a talisman and reminder of what life could be like.

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here's a quick selection of shocking photos / google maps links to start the day. they all illustrate an extreme degree of wealth divide in different parts of the world. 1. paraisópolis favela, morumbi, sao paulo

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Will elections change the struggling oil-rich nation? Photographs by Jacob Silberberg / Panos and Thomas Dworzak / Magnum for TIME

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I don't blame them....I'd be suspicious of the govt., too.

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The cloakroom is a pokey, bullet-riddled bar. The security consists of motorbike-riding teenagers with assault rifles strung across their chests. But if you make it past the police checkpoints and the concrete barricades, the good news is that entry is free.

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-- Asia's largest slum, Dharavi, lies on prime property right in the middle of India's financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay). It is home to more than a million people. Many are second-generation residents, whose parents moved in years ago.

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