1.   The squalid shantytowns were festive on Saturday, with crowds dancing and chanting under victory arches of palm leaves and branches.

2.   Tung said his colonial predecessor had helped root out police corruption, build a mass transit system and provide public housing for those who lived in squalid shantytowns.

3.   Palestinians said announcements made on mosque loudspeakers in the squalid shantytown called on residents and gunmen to take to the streets to defend themselves against Israeli aggression.

4.   But the outside teams may also face frustrating logistical problems of reaching remote villages and squalid Istanbul shantytowns before all hope of finding survivors disappears.

5.   Most found themselves in jobless, desperate and packed into squalid shantytowns that sprang up around the capital.