21.   Opponents claim it will plunge the impoverished nation into a crippling debt.

22.   Opponents claim thousands of jobs in this impoverished Caribbean nation will be lost through privatization.

23.   Pakistan has taken in hundreds of thousands of refugees from Afghanistan, straining the economy of the already impoverished South Asian nation.

24.   A five-man team of U.N. experts were briefed on the extent of the damage by officials from the impoverished communist nation Wednesday.

25.   A five-man team of U.N. experts were briefed on the damage by officials of the impoverished communist nation Wednesday.

26.   A Haitian senator was shot and killed Monday in a Port-au-Prince suburb, raising new fears of political instability in this impoverished Caribbean nation.

27.   A Haitian senator was shot and killed Monday in front of his home, raising new fears of political instability in this impoverished Caribbean nation.

28.   A power-sharing government took office Monday, ending six months of political uncertainty which disrupted plans to develop oil resources in this impoverished West African nation.

29.   A mission from the International Monetary Fund left Kyrgyzstan on Friday after agreeing to release the second loan installment to this impoverished Central Asian nation.

30.   Aid workers and other foreign visitors to the impoverished nation, which preaches self-reliance as a guiding philosophy, have reported numerous instances of serious hunger and malnutrition.