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Children carry their belongings retrieved from a fire that engulfed their homes in a slum community in Manila's outskirts
05 Jan 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Children carry their belongings retrieved from a fire that engulfed their homes in a slum community in Manila's outskirts January 5, 2009. Hundreds of families were left homeless when a fire of undetermined cause destroyed 500 shanties in Taguig City, east of the capital on Sunday. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)
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People sit outside their home which was destroyed by an earthquake in San Pedro de Poas, 40 km (25 mi) north of San Jose January 8, 2009. A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake ...


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