Holly Williams, Sky correspondent
Two British pensioners have devoted their lives to rescuing the “slumdog donkeys” of Delhi and even have an ambulance for the animals.
In India’s capital, poverty is a trap that ensnares hundreds of thousands of people.
Many of them live in illegally-built shanty towns where raw sewage flows in the street. Malnourishment and disease [...]
Posted: 02/14/2010 09:11:01 AM PST
Stacia Glenn, Staff Writer
RECHE CANYON – Burros are beloved in Reche Canyon, near San Bernadino, USA, but residents worry about how frequently they are maimed or killed by cars speeding on the windy two-lane road that connects Colton and Moreno Valley.Half a century ago, a rancher freed a few burros into the [...]
Uzbekistan: the transport market of Samarqand
09.02.2010 10:05 msk
Ferghana.Ru
Until recently such vehicles could be occasionally observed in the older part of Samarqand. It seemed like last-century vehicles were totally replaced by modern cars. Paradoxically, the animal-drawn transport is seeing its renaissance. The wood-made vehicles, drawn by donkeys, can be observed throughout Samarqand. In the era of nano-technologies [...]
Colombian-Belgian writer and director Carlos Rendon Zipagauta will convert his award-winning documentary about celebrated teacher Luis Soriano and his traveling library into a feature length film, reports El Tiempo.
The original documentary, which was made two years ago and won second prize in the documentary category of the Chicago Latin Film Festival, follows the story of [...]
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