During the summer, when temperatures soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, they can become death traps if they are not properly air-conditioned.Workers typically earn as little as Dh 800 a month (US$220), yet the money they send to their families back home

But such aid cannot solve the debt problem. Currently most local governments have stopped paying debts, including bank loans and supplier bills. They are in effect already bankrupt.

So the story continues to founder under the lead weight of American political and journalistic apathy.”Nov 17 -- 33 miners trapped in flooded mine in China  BEIJING (UP)—Thirty-three coal miners were trapped in a mine that flooded Monday in China's Henan