Poverty grips more in nation
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WASHINGTON -- The number of poor Americans grew by 1.3 million last year, according to a sobering and politically sensitive Census Bureau report issued Thursday.
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More than 900,000 people in Scotland are living in poverty, including 240,000 children, a study warns.
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A QUARTER of a billion people in some of the worldâs poorest and most populous countries in East Asia have been lifted out of extreme poverty by rapid economic growth over
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WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans in poverty and those without health insurance each rose by more than 1 million in 2003, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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Millions of children live in poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia despite economic growth there, a UN report says.
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Poverty leads to violence, the leaders of France and Brazil warned Monday in urging other nations to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor and help the more than 1 billion people who live on less than $1 per day.
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Surveys released this week show that nearly 50 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip face dire poverty, while an increasing number of Israelis have also slipped below the poverty line.
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The initial toll from the devastation in southern Asian areas hit by tsunami waves this weekend is likely to be more human than economic, given the extreme poverty of many of the regions.
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Though the number of welfare recipients continues to decline, poverty rates -- particularly for single mothers and children -- have surged in recent years.
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Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor rose 4 percent to 35.9  million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the  government said on Thursday in a report that fueled Democratic  criticism of President Bush.
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China has moved more people out of poverty than any other country in recent decades, but places like southern Henan Province remain destitute.
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The Census Bureau reported today that 36.5 million Americans, or 12.3 percent, were living in poverty last year, down from 12.6 percent in 2005.
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Poverty can be quite educational. When you've got only so much money to spend, you'll think carefully about the goods you're buying.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor rose 4 percent to 35.9  million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the U.S.  government said on Thursday in a report sure to fuel Democratic  criticism of President Bush.
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Indigenous issues are receiving more political attention worldwide, but many observers say most indigenous people remain mired in poverty. Dwindling land remains a chief cause, experts say.
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Media & professional: Poor and wealthy households in Britain are becoming more segregated, says new study.