91. A Socialist government fell in late December amid general economic and financial collapse which had left half the population living below the poverty line. 92. According to Bulgarian press reports, half the population lives below the poverty line. 93. According to a United Nations Development Programme Report, about half the rural population lives below the poverty line. 94. Almost a third of all Russians are living below the poverty line, official figures showed Monday. 95. Diyarbakir mayor Ahmet Belgin, estimating that half the population lived below the poverty line, said the situation was a threat to social order. 96. The overall figure for those living below the poverty line also masks a harsher reality. 97. Three in four Zimbabweans live below the poverty level. 98. This would further swell the ranks of those living below the poverty line. 99. Many consumers live well below the poverty line, and illegal connections to the power network are widespread in Russia. 100. More than half the population live below the poverty line. |