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Iranians surround Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's car in poverty prote...

The remarkable show of civil disobedience occurred during what was intended as a routine tour last week of the southern city Bandar Abbas. As the president waves to crowds, standing in the car’s sunroof, an elderly man is shown hold [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Anti-poverty tax program’s relief often proves temporary

DURHAM, N.C. — Karen Spain spent several long months before receiving her tax refund this year in a state of suspended panic. The rent was three months late. Her car’s brakes were shot. And she couldn’t afford to pay her [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Local leaders share perspectives to curtail poverty

More than 37 percent of students in the Berryessa Union School District last year were categorized as living in poverty according to the federal guidelines of free or reduced price meals, among more than 56 percent in California. Regio [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Anti-poverty group ONE pushes for G8 food deal

A new report by ONE Campaign said increased donor support for agricultural investment plans in 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Central America could lift about 50 million people out of extreme poverty. Leaders from the wealthy Group o [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Delhi's irony: Urban Poverty

Each time 25 year old Salma takes her one year old son Zubair to the Batla Clinic (a private clinic in Delhi) for a shot of the DPT, the cost of transportation and the vaccine adds up to approximately Rs.500. When it is time for [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty in North-East and UT-s

The debate about poverty and poverty numbers is, for legitimate reasons, focused on mainstream and large States. In the process, one often forgets about smaller States and UT-s. Consider the press release issued on 19th March and po [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty traps mean poor parents and pensioners pay higher ta...

Complex calculations that show millions of families will lose more than £500 a year under changes to tax rules that come into force tomorrow demonstrate the dangers of the maze of means-tested benefits created by Gordon Brown. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty, crime, smoking: You bet Philly's unhealthy

PHILADELPHIA is literally in "poor health."In a study released Tuesday, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ranked Philly as the least-healthy county in Pennsylvania for [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty sparks debate in fashion world

After a Banglaore-based designer came under criticism for her recent spring fashion photo-shoot, showcasing a model in a rural setting, those in the fashion world say designers should desist from showcasing poverty as a theme even as they [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

‘Poor governance responsible for poverty and slow human upli...

ISLAMABAD - Weak governance is responsible for persistent poverty and the slow human development in Pakistan, so the country needs a continuity of democratic process, strong civil society, hard economic decisions and increase in internal [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty, frustration keep Macedonia tensions alive

cSLUPCANE, Macedonia (Reuters) – The bullet holes in the walls of Qemail Ismaili’s home are a reminder of how close Macedonia came to full-blown civil war in 2001, when he joined a guerrilla insurgency on behalf of the country [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Ending poverty or removing poor?

Rs six for a cup of tea, Rs ten to commute in a bus, Rs ten to buy a kilo of potatoes…Left with Rs two to get through the entire day and take care of a family of four people. Oh! Forgot to add another 65 paise, which if it can be s [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Fight poverty and crime with faith, Pope tells Mexican worsh...

Benedict delivered the message to hundreds of thousands of worshippers during an open-air mass in the shadow of the Christ the King monument, one of the most important symbols of Mexican Christianity, which recalls the 1920s Catholic upri [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty Soars in the Suburbs

According to McGirr the effects of this demographic shift are that, "soaring poverty rates threaten the very foundations of suburban identities, suburban politics and the suburb’s place in the nation’s self-image...The cl [...]