91.   Widespread poverty is a huge hurdle to solving global environmental problems, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev told the Argentine Senate Friday.

92.   Widespread poverty is the main cause for growing environmental degradation in most African countries, experts said Tuesday.

93.   Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev said that widespread poverty, unemployment and drug smuggling and trafficking in people were creating a breeding ground for terrorists in the region.

94.   Nepal has since seen a government formed about once a year, distracting from efforts to curb corruption and alleviate widespread poverty.

95.   Philippines President Fidel Ramos Thursday gave a glowing assessment of the domestic economy but warned against complacency amid still widespread poverty and crime.