Articles from SciTech Book News (January 1, 2006)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
2 Girls.	Gill, Erin	Book review	316
A tsunami of demolitions: while the Zimbabwe Government may be using bulldozers to flatten the homes of its opponents, Andrew Meldrum discovers that mass evictions are a problem right across Africa.	Meldrum, Andrew		1577
Action.			424
Africa.			1252
Architects of our futures: Robert Neuwirth's two years in squatter communities left him with an abiding admiration.	Neuwirth, Robert		1596
At the top of the hill: Gabriela Torres Barbosa lives in one of Rio de Janeiro's many favelas that stretch up the steep hillsides to surround the 'official' city.	Barbosa, Gabriela Torres		1730
Behind the victory: US troops build up in Latin America as another progressive government is elected.	Dangl, Benjamin		532
Big bad world.		Cartoon	3
Bob Geldof.		Biography	945
Bourgeois blues.	Shabibi, Usama	Letter to the editor	74
Brokeback Mountain.	Lewis, Malcolm	Movie review	201
Climate talks nearly derailed by Spam.		Brief article	300
Cup that cheers.	Elwell, Paul	Letter to the editor	281
Daily injustice.	Mehay, Yash	Letter to the editor	189
East Asia & Pacific.			1195
East Europe & Central Asia.			1106
Ecuador.	Moloney, Anastasia	Country overview	1095
Empire Left & Right: the most ancient form of human domination just won't go away and historians and philosophers of every political stripe have joined battle over its meaning. Richard Swift acts as referee.	Swift, Richard		2828
Forgotten massacre: the Ayatollah's hidden legacy.	Mistiaen, Veronique		548
Greenpeace.	Whelan, James	Letter to the editor	213
Head-On / Crossing the Bridge.	Lewis, Malcolm	Video recording review	151
In hope of justice.	Haddad, Reem		751
Interview with Aram Aharonian director general of teleSUR.	Macpherson, Sholto	Interview	816
Latin America & Caribbean.			1174
LDA v The Lunatics.	Gray, Louise	Sound recording review	237
Middle East.			1044
Morocco out!	Colclough, Adam	Letter to the editor	204
Muscling in.	Harries, Chris	Letter to the editor	175
NI jumbo prize crossword.			1091
North America & Europe.			1356
Opposing Nazis.	Hallam, Keith	Letter to the editor	217
Patterns of Protest: Politics and Social Movements in Bolivia.	Ransom, David	Book review	276
Pop tobacco control.	O'Connor, Kevin	Brief article	154
Prohibited items.	Galeano, Eduardo		1051
Reconstructing peace: rising tensions threaten both the ceasefire and tsunami reconstruction.	Kurukulasuriya, Lasanda		483
Renewables take off.		Brief article	165
Snapshots from shantytown: the people of Bangkok who fight for space and a way of life in the face of top-down planning and skyrocketing real estate.			576
Songs of the Volcano.	Gray, Louise	Sound recording review	258
Sordid traditions.	Hosking, A.J.	Letter to the editor	90
South Asia.			1198
Speechmarks.	Twain, Mark; Clemens, Sam	Brief article	46
Squatter citizens; To much of the rest of the world, slumdwellers are 'other': criminals, lazy, usurpers, dangerous, parasites, addicts, drunks--the list is endless. But the vitality and energy needed to survive here are not for the faint-of-heart. NI puts a face to those who are making a difference in squatter towns around the world.			3613
Squatter town.	Swift, Richard	Editorial	356
The best of 2005.			460
The lease on life: Richard Swift breaks bread with the resilient squatters of Bangkok.	Swift, Richard		2963
Urban explosion--the FACTS.			849
Welcome to squatter town: Richard Swift takes the measure of our urban future.	Swift, Richard		884
Wider horizon.	Watt, Nuala	Letter to the editor	91
Witness to AIDS.	Whittaker, Peter	Book review	317
Words on the street: from a globesquatters' phrasebook.			445