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Women from the slums and the homeless, at a Dhaka rally marking World Habitat Day, listen to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaffirm her government's pledge to not evict slum dwellers without their rehabilitation. (Reuters/Rafiqur Rahman)
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