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Trashy literature? No such thing for Turkish refuse collectors

Manywouldpreferprobablynottodwellonwhatbecomesofbooksthrownintotherubbishbinwhentheironetimereaderdeclutterstheirshelves.IntheTurkishcapitalAnkara,however,disca

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Karachi officials told to clean up their act as city becomes ‘huge rubbish bin’

Neighbours forced their way into Mohammad Umair’s home battling smoke and flames in a desperate bid to rescue his young family – he and his wife survived, their children did not.

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Fancy a dip? Dredging programme gives Jakarta’s polluted and smelly rivers a new lease of life

A group of children gathered on the banks of the Ciliwung river in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, staring into the water and casting nets to try to catch fish.