PLOVDIV, Bulgaria -- A small boy shimmies up a utility pole, gingerly grabs an insulated cable pulsing with high voltage and connects it to his home: a cube of corrugated iron sheets in Bulgaria's ...

MILAN (Reuters) - Half an hour's drive away from Milan's sumptuous fashion shows, hundreds of Romanian Gypsies who came to Italy seeking a better life have found themselves in a rat-infested camp.

Last week’s popular Google Keyword was “Slums of Paris.” Did you know there were even slums in Paris? We previously showed one such prominent informal settlement along the RER B train line from Paris ...