India's "lost" Jews return to biblical homeland (Yahoo! India News)
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Members of a group who profess Jewish ancestry arrived in Israel from India on Tuesday to begin a new life, after rabbinical leaders accepted them as descendants of one of Judaism's lost biblical tribes.

Kenya: Let's Aim At Eliminating Slums Instead of Glorifying Them (AllAfrica.com)
Slums have become an acceptable feature of Kenya's urban areas. From small towns such as Meru and Kericho to major towns like Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu, and even the capital city, Nairobi, slums have acquired a life of their own.

Taipei's historic military villages face extinction (The Christian Science Monitor)
Symbols of former mainlanders' past, the villages are being plowed under to accommodate urban growth.