Promised Housing, Squatters Abandon Argentine Park

share: digg facebook twitter BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Slum dwellers who were building shelters in a public park abandoned their settlement effort Wednesday after Argentina's government agreed to include them in plans to provide housing for the poor. Three were killed and dozens injured in clashes with neighbors who tried to oust them by setting fire to their tents and chanting racist slogans, after police retreated and politicians failed to agree on a response.

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