21. As housing minister, Slovo was responsible for carrying out ANC promises to build houses for millions of blacks living in squatter camps, a legacy of apartheid. 22. But millions still live in the less-favored areas where rapid population growth continues, and poverty and the degradation of natural resources have actually gotten worse. 23. Critics argue that the money would be better spent on social services in a country where millions of people live in substandard conditions. 24. Experts say millions of children live on the street to avoid drunk or abusive parents and that the government is not doing enough to solve those problems. 25. Meanwhile, millions of Egyptians live in shantytowns or deteriorating buildings. 26. Millions live in abject poverty. 27. Millions live in camps in Lebanon, where they are seen as sources of social and economic instability. 28. Millions live in shantytowns without electricity or running water. 29. Millions of Americans live near a coastline, and pressures from development, pollution, fishing, and oil and gas drilling are increasing yearly, environmental advocates said. 30. Millions of Bangladeshis live in India and Pakistan. |