Topic: Poverty
AFP Global Edition | 2010-02-23 06:11:04
A poverty-stricken 97-year-old man in Vietnam won up to 400,000 dollars in a lottery, a report said Tuesday, sparking a frenzy among relatives eager to get a piece of his new-found wealth. A neighbour in southern Ho Chi Minh City and local officials had to step in to stop the elderly man from giving away the windfall to people ...
Getty Images | 2010-02-03 15:17:54
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 02: Afghan men and boys watch a monkey at the Kabul Zoo February 2, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan ...
AP News | 2010-01-19 21:55:33
<div id="subtitle">UN says financial crisis will make it harder for poor countries to get more children in school</div><div><p>The world financial crisis not only hurt balance sheets but could sabotage poor countries' efforts to get more children into school, according to a report released Tuesday by the ...
AP News | 2010-01-07 13:25:47
<div id="subtitle">Mexican president says jobs, poverty now top 2 priorities; anti-crime offensive 3rd</div><div><p>Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that jobs and reducing poverty will be his top two priorities in 2010, while the fight against drug cartels that dominated the first half of his presidency placed ...
