Search for homes for 'Slumdog' children picks up

Source: Associated Press

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The search for new homes for two impoverished child stars from the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has intensified, as one child fell sick days after city authorities demolished the shanty where she lived, family members said.

Nine-year-old Rubina Ali came down with a fever Friday and spent a few hours in a local hospital, they said.

"I'm fine now, but I feel tired," Rubina said Saturday as she lay in bed, resting at her uncle's house.

Rubina's block was razed Wednesday to make way for a planned pedestrian overpass at a commuter train station in Mumbai. Last week, co-star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail's home was demolished, part of a pre-monsoon slum clearance drive.



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