Defending "home"

Residents throw stones and beer bottles at a demolition team and anti-riot police during an operation at an informal settlers area to give way for a local government project in Manila. More than two million people in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100602011364" title="Manila (Philippines)" href="/topic/intl/philippines/manila-%28philippines%29-PLGEO100100602011364.topic">Metro</a> Manila -- or roughly one fifth of the sprawling city's population -- live in shanty towns as so-called informal settlers.
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( AFP/Getty Images / September 24, 2012 )

Residents throw stones and beer bottles at a demolition team and anti-riot police during an operation at an informal settlers area to give way for a local government project in Manila. More than two million people in Metro Manila -- or roughly one fifth of the sprawling city's population -- live in shanty towns as so-called informal settlers.

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