News item: The run-up to the Beijing Olympics has been marred by a well-documented surge in violations of the rights of free expression and association, as well as media freedom. In addition, abuses of migrant construction workers who were pivotal to Beijing’s infrastructure improvements have increased, as have evictions of Beijing residents whose homes were demolished to make way for that infrastructure.
News item: Arlene Benson isn't leaving, even if the bulldozers come... About 30 other families in a 300-acre stretch of Bensenville targeted for demolition are hanging on to their homes, according to village representatives. But their time may be running out. A DuPage County judge Thursday ruled to lift a public health injunction blocking Chicago from demolishing hundreds of homes and businesses in Bensenville to make way for the next phase of the O'Hare Airport expansion.
These two stories just seemed to go together for some reason.
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