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Homelessness in India World

Homelessness in India

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Homelessness in India has been a problem for centuries; causing the average family to have an average of five generations being homeless. Homel…

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Nearly 400 million kids facing extreme poverty: World Bank Xinhua News Agency

Nearly 400 million kids facing extreme poverty: World Bank

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Saturday, October 12, 2013

The World Bank has said despite a sharp decline in the number of extremely poor people over the last three decades, about 400 million children…

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Evolution of Poverty World Bank

Evolution of Poverty

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Thursday, April 18, 2013

Fewer people live in extreme poverty today than 30 years ago, new estimates find. But 1.2 billion people in the world still live on less than $1.2…

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