Sentences with phrase «uprooted hundreds»

Although undoubtedly motivated by deep Christian commitment, Nyerere's form of «African socialism,» called Ujamaa, ruthlessly uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and, despite massive foreign aid, drove Tanzania into a beggary from which it has never recovered.

But the initial spark was a government pan to uproot hundreds of trees and turn a park abutting Istanbul's Taksim Square (interactive panoramic view) into a shopping mall.

When works began to uproot hundreds of ancient olive trees to make way for the pipeline, a popular movement of thousands of people organised daily non-violent actions to stop the operations, catching the attention of the Italian media.

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This exciting project and the llama - shaped real estate drew international attention and attracted hundreds of people to uproot their lives and migrate to the desert.

In the spring of 2005, the Mugabe regime uprooted several hundred thousand slum dwellers in a campaign to «re-ruralize» and impoverish political opponents.

To commemorate the historic uprooting and protest action against golden rice last August 8, 2013, hundreds of farmers will gather to hold a public forum in Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon, the rice granary of the country where Philippine Rice Research Insitute (PhilRICE) Golden Rice experimental fields are located.

Fire whirls can extend hundreds of feet into the air, uproot trees, and cause fatalities.

Dunham was staying in a small coastal village called Unawatuna when she became one of the hundreds of thousands of people uprooted by a massive tsunami that hit Sri Lanka and other countries in the region.

In Melendugno this spring, hundreds of people held daily peaceful protests to stop ancient olive groves being uprooted to make way for the pipeline.

To meet this need, the government approved hundreds of dam projects around the country, privatizing rivers, land, and uprooting communities.»