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Tuesday, 02 May 2006
Masango Sone, Cameroon

As you move past the streets in most cities of Cameroon during morning hours, you will find many children. Most of them are between the ages of eight and 15. They will be either carrying trays of fruits, clothing items and cigarettes or just begging for coins. You begin to wonder whether there are any schools and who attends them.
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Santo Domingo's New Subway: One Metro, No Studies
Friday, 06 July 2007

By Kenza Moller

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic Gaping trenches sliced into the asphalt on Maximo Gomez, one of Santo Domingo’s busiest streets, are evidence of a project begun last year to bring an underground subway system to Dominican Republic’s capital, to the disapproval of many Dominicans.

“I think a metro would be a good thing, later on in the future,” says Tami Martinez, 46, a mother and director of a high school. “But at the moment there are too many other problems in the D.R. that need improving: the healthcare system, for example, and the education. Those are more important than a metro.

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