1.   In recent weeks, patrols by the state police have been met by drug gangs firing automatic rifles and by slum residents burning buses and building street barricades.

2.   Every election, politicians promise slum residents deeds for their dwellings.

3.   Slum residents joined in the unfolding riot.

4.   The demolition crew, armed with crowbars, hammers and clubs, clashed with slum residents occupying the Araneta estate in suburban Quezon City.

5.   The slum residents said the men had terrorized them for weeks and authorities had done nothing to stop it.

6.   This is the third time this year that Caracas slum residents have killed young men they accused of criminal acts.

7.   Civilian police are blamed for the killings of many slum residents, including alleged drug traffickers and children caught in crossfire.

8.   Some slum residents looked helplessly on as their belongings, including cooking utensils, were being washed away by the floodwaters.