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Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Americas   来源:Sports  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:But so far there is no sign of any progress for a meeting between the two presidents.

But so far there is no sign of any progress for a meeting between the two presidents.

Born in Coventry in 1936, much of John Blakemore's initial work centred there following the end of World War Two.His pictures of the Hillfields area of the city, where he lived as a child, were some of his earliest work as a photographer.

Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

He took them fresh off the back of his National Service in Libya, which was where he first discovered his love for photography.In Coventry itself at the time, having been severely damaged by the Blitz, the area was going through redevelopment, replacing some of its Victorian terraced streets with tower blocks.Many of his pictures featured residents living in the area, especially children.

Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

Dr Ben Kyneswood, associate professor in digital heritage and culture at Coventry University, used the images for an exhibition titled Imagine Hillfields."Hillfields in 1964 was still much like it was after the bombs of 1940," he said.

Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

"Protracted redevelopment plans by a council focused on the city centre meant residents lived in poor conditions.

"Kids played in bombed houses on derelict land for over 25 years after the war.""The war has been very tough for her," Enas tells the BBC. "She wasn't gaining any weight, and she would get sick so easily."

Niveen's only chance to survive was to receive urgent care outside Gaza. And in early March, Jordan made that possible.As a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel held, 29 sick Gazan children, including Niveen, were evacuated to Jordan to receive treatment in the country's hospitals. Her mother and older sister were brought out with her.

They were the first children evacuated to Jordan after King Abdullah announced plans to treat 2,000 sick Gazan children in hospitals there during a visit to the US the previous month. These evacuations were co-ordinated with the Israeli authorities who do background checks on the parents travelling with their children.Doctors in Jordan performed successful open-heart surgery on Niveen, and she was slowly beginning to recover.

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