41.   The U.N. poverty summit on Thursday rejected firm commitments on financial aid to the poor.

42.   Wealthy nations and financial institutions must consider new strategies for relieving the debts of poor countries, the initiator of a U.N. poverty summit said Sunday.

43.   While poor nations ask wealthy nations for funds to rebuild their economies, some rich countries at the U.N. poverty summit use large sums on lodging.

44.   World leaders left the first global poverty summit on Monday with a non-binding plan to fight misery and social injustice.

45.   Abdullah II is expected to meet US President George W. Bush on the sidelines of a world poverty summit in Mexico, official Jordanian sources said.

46.   Until Thursday, only Cubans who listened to foreign radio stations knew that Castro was planning a trip to France on Monday after the UN poverty summit in Copenhagen.