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Guardian: In the heart of Manila's vast North Cemetery, the largest graveyard in the capital of the Philippines, Ricky Baking is hunched over a tomb with a hammer and chisel. After several determined blows, the lid cracks into three pieces. He opens the rotten coffin to reveal the skeleton of a 65-year-old man, dressed in his burial suit and shoes. Baking steps into the tomb with bare feet, and reaches for the bones. This isn't a grave robbery – it's an eviction. Like everywhere else in Manila, ......
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Philippines: Manila: A warning against overpopulation
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 15th, 2010
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