1.   One teen-ager said the group had been threatened by drug dealers from a nearby slum, who, like the legitimate merchants, were upset by the addicts.

2.   The young men in white were then left to head into the narrow lanes of a nearby slum to beat up any drunks they could find.

3.   People from a nearby slum quickly scooped them up.

4.   According to police, members of a gang from a nearby slum were trying to avenge their losses in a brawl and a soccer game earlier on Friday.

5.   Before leaving, the World Bank chief walked through the muddy alley of a nearby slum without making a formal statement.

6.   Earlier in the day, police drove back protesters with tear gas, and gunfire was heard in the nearby Catia slum, a Chavez stronghold.

7.   Earlier in the day, police drove back smaller groups of protesters with tear gas, and gunfire was heard in the nearby Catia slum, a Chavez stronghold.

8.   In a nearby slum, Pravin Rai sat on a cot answering questions posed by Dinesh Kumar.

9.   Two girls from a nearby slum turned up selling flat Egyptian bread from trays balanced on their heads.