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Where is the hell on earth?

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Had a bad holiday? Dull weather, awful service, high prices? Thank god you weren't in one of these places:

1. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: diseases and criminality
In the capital of this island country in Oceania there are 115 new AIDS infected people registered per year. In the meanwhile, the birth rate is not being controlled, the employment level constantly falls as well as the incomes of the population and the street gangs armed with M-16 guns and machete regularly rob banks and attack the drivers.

2. Linfen, China: smog and darkness
The city located in the very center of an industrial zone that is 12 miles long, is completely covered with coal dust from the nearby located coal mines in the Hansi hills that produce more than 50 million tons of coal every year.

3. Bujumbura, Burundi: corruption
This small state in the Central Africa is one of the poorest countries in the world. Till the nowadays Burundi still cannot get relief from the horrors of genocide, massacre and assassinations of the political figures. The country is located at the last, 178-th place in the world rating of "happy citizens" of the countries.

4. Phenyang, North Korea: freedom suppression
Totalitarian situation. Absence of the freedom of speech. The only tele- and radio-channel is controlled by the government. Bicycles are prohibited to reduce the mobility and freedom of movement and communication.

5. Oklahoma city, USA: natural catastrophes
Oklahoma city is located in the middle of the so-called "Tornado Alley" and not to get blown away ba the wind, it is not really advised to explore the local sightseeings in the period from March till August.

6. Chernobyl, Ukraine: radiation
More than 5,5 million of people have suffered from radiation as the result of the atomic plant accident in Chernobyl. The nuclear catastrophe that has happened on the 26-th of April 1986 has resulted hundred times more radiation than the bombs thrown to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are only abandoned houses, poisoned rivers and lakes and some extreme insane tourists.

7. Mogadishu, Somali: absence of laws
In Somali since 1991 there is no central government, general currency or any other attributes of centralized authority and the real authority is controlled by several unacknowledged states and small aggressive armed groups. Mogadishu will for sure not appear at the pages of any tour guide.

8. Dhaka, Bangladesh: pollution
Among with the instable political situation, wars and natural catastrophes, the pollution level in the capital of Bangladesh is extremely high. More than 9,7 million tons of waste get into the waters of the Dhaka region because of the very quick industrial growth. The city suffers also from smog.

9. Baghdad, Iraq: occupation
During the war the city has been almost completely destroyed and the amount of the population has drastically decreased. Now violence, terror and slaughter of civilians, soldiers and journalists flourish here.

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Article Submitted On: June 12, 2008