41.   Algabid and Ould Abdallah come from impoverished countries with little international stature.

42.   Albania is the most impoverished country in Europe.

43.   Also in recent weeks, the government has launched a campaign against smuggling goods into the impoverished country on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.

44.   An increasing number of North Koreans have defected to the South in recent years, complaining of widespread hunger and other hardships in the impoverished country.

45.   Although crime is rampant in this impoverished Balkan country, kidnappings involving popular figures and high sums of money are almost unheard of.

46.   And with the recent opening of the first American-style mall in the capital of this impoverished former communist country, they are getting the chance.

47.   As his impoverished country struggles to overcome a political and economic crisis, Kim Jong Il appears to be relying more on the military.

48.   ASEAN membership holds the promise of improving life in the three impoverished countries by bringing them into a club with their economically dynamic neighbors.

49.   Bananas, one of the top sources of income for this impoverished Central American country, rot in fields flooded by the deadly Hurricane Mitch.

50.   Businessmen and international agencies say the political instability costs this impoverished country millions of dollars every strike day deters foreign investment.