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Wednesday, 11 August, 2004, 18:48 GMT 19:48 UK
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In pictures: The Roma of Athens
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Roma children in Athens' district of Ano Liossia like the camera.
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But their smiles belie their community's sense of outrage - at living in squalor in the shadow of the new Olympic stadium.
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They see themselves as an anomaly - the people the Olympics forgot.
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The younger children speak of being chased away by armed police whenever they go near the stadium.
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Their drab wasteland is a stark contrast to the splendours of the new building.
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Families worry their children are exposed to illness, as the municipality's rubbish trucks have stopped coming to the area.
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