Times Online
With no cement or construction materials being allowed by Israel or Egypt into the Gaza Strip, residents are starting to build homes out of mud, using earth excavated from smuggling tunnels that provide an uncertain lifeline to the outside world.
Reuters
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
From the sixth grade on, Marion attended a different school every year. Along the way he became best friends with Thompson, who moved to California and attended Hollister's San Benito High his senior year. Thompson persuaded Marion to join him at …
The Santa Clara, USA
By Aitor Zabalegui According to a 2005 statement given by Miloon Kothari, Special Reporter on Adequate Housing, to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, over one billion people around the world lack adequate housing and around 100 million …
San Jose Mercury News
By EVELYN NIEVES AP Writer SAN FRANCISCO—His Holiness the Dalai Lama was trying very hard on Sunday to make the homeless guests at Martin's soup kitchen relax.
San Francisco Chronicle
The Santa Barbara Independent
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New York Times
By AP Dozens of homeless people who have been living in an encampment near downtown Sacramento folded tents and packed shopping carts as the city's deadline to clear the area passed.
KCRA.com
Sacramento Bee
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The Associated Press
KAMIEN POMORSKI, Poland (AP) - Survivors of a fire that killed 21 people at a three-story shelter for homeless families in Poland on Monday described a fast-moving inferno that forced some to jump from windows into trees.
New York Times
Bloomberg
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San Leandro Times, United States
We see a critical need for low-income housing in our city and are convinced that the Crossings Project will help relieve this problem. The IHN is comprised of 10 faith communities in San Leandro. Approximately 100 volunteers maintain our April Showers …
Reuters
By Suzanne Hurt SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - The mayor of California's state capital unveiled plans on Thursday to shut down a sprawling "tent city" of the homeless that has drawn worldwide media attention as a symbol of US economic decline.
KCRA.com
San Jose Mercury News
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
"We all take care of each other," said Michelle Holbrook, 34, who arrived with her dog, Angel, about a month ago after losing her job caring for an elderly man. "I've become the camp mother — I do most of the cooking and make hot water for coffee. …
Los Altos Town Crier, CA
Rex J. Walheim and Dr. Cheryl Ho, medical director for the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program. “In light of the recent economic downturn, people are searching for hope and inspiration,” said Los Altos resident Skip Vaccarello, chairman of the event’s …