Onondaga County's homeless numbers dip Syracuse | But one-day census shows more people seeking refuge in emergency shelters. Staff writer | Onondaga County's homeless population appears to be shrinking slightly, but the number of people seeking emergency shelter is on the rise. | During a one-day census in January, local outreach workers counted ...
After despair, New Orleans homeless camp cleared The Boston Globe | NEW ORLEANS—Inhabitants of a New Orleans tent city that attracted donations, drugs and despair for nearly a year were cleared Thursday by a nonprofit group, which says it now must find lasting solutions to a doubling of homelessness since Katrina. | The encampment under a stretch of freeway ...
Nervous wait for homeless Canberra Times | Test stars, fringe first-graders and a carpenter on an $8000 footballer contract are among the 50-plus players with NRL experience who are still to secure a contract for 2009. | Kiwi internationals Luke Covell and Souths' Jeremy Smith and former Qu...
Poverty Pushing People Into Hamas Militia Common Dreams | JERUSALEM - The Hamas de facto government is one of the only employers in Gaza with a growing payroll, after a record slump resulting from the Israeli blockade imposed when the Islamic faction took control a year ago. | This emerges from a new UN r...
GOP Blocks Heating Aid Increase For Poor CBS News Republicans on Saturday blocked the Senate from considering a bill next week that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor pay heating and air-conditioning bills. | Although a dozen Senate Republicans support the measure, most voted with GOP ...
Poor farmers in Guyana helped to plant new crops by UN agency United Nations | 24 July 2008 – A new United Nations-backed project will help more than 5,000 small farmers in Guyana diversify into new crops to help them compete in international markets. | The...
Zuma: Race doesn't rule poverty News24 | Pretoria - Poverty is one of the biggest challenges that faces most South Africans and it does not discriminate over racial lines, said African National Congress president on Thu...
ADB: Limited success for poverty programs in RP The Daily Tribune | 07/24/2008 | The Asian Development Bank said yesterday that its programs aimed at lifting millions of Filipinos out of poverty have only had limited success. | “ADB assistance pr...
Son of Bermudan premier, a doctor to the poor, facing molestation charges in Los Angeles Star Tribune | LOS ANGELES - About two months ago, Dr. Kevin Antario Brown was hobnobbing with guests at a celebrity poker tournament at the Playboy Mansion, his disaster-relief medical charity the beneficiary of the lavish event. | Hugh Hefner was there, of cour...
Global economic shocks may throw 16 mn people into poverty: UN The Times Of India | NEW YORK: Top United Nations experts on Latin America and the Caribbean have warned that global economic shocks could throw some 16 million people of the Americas into extreme poverty, th...
Homeless man beaten and stabbed in Elgin The Examiner ELGIN, Ill. (Map, News) - Police in Elgin say they are seeking four people who beat and stabbed a homeless man during an altercation. | Police said in a statement that the attack occurred Friday afternoon on South State Street in downtown Elgin. The ...
Poverty worsening The Manila Times | Bad news. Poverty incidence worsened from 30 percent of total households in 2003 to 32.9 percent of households in 2006. | That 32.9 percent is even conservative. According to the Social Weather Stations (SWS), self-rated poverty was 53 percent of total households in 2007. According to Pulse Asia, self-rated poverty was 71 percent of Filipinos sur...
Homeless quake dogs rescued by Chinese woman Examiner CHENGDU, China (Map, News) - The white short-haired mutt was found dragging his crushed hind legs through rubble-clogged streets after the massive earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province. | The shy terrier mix was lucky to live through the May 12 quake that killed nearly 70,000 people. He was even more fortunate to survive the squads of poli...
Real estate sector to boom as inflation comes under control The Times Of India | DELHI: The persistence of inflationary pressure in the market will further affect the recovery in the real estate sector. As the government measures to improve supplies of essential commodities, so far, have had limited impact on controlling prices, RBI is likely to further take harsh m...
