Twice a week there is a constant flow of people - mostly women - with wheelbarrows full of refuse they have collected in the area.

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Within Bangkok's Klong Toey slum, there is one area relatively free of stinking refuse.

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In a pub a mile away in Hathershaw, a mainly white area, a dozen men refuse to make eye contact or give their names when asked about race relations in Oldham.

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