51.   Chirac has continually championed efforts to cancel debts owed by the most impoverished nations.

52.   Clinton expressed optimism about the promise that technological advances offered, not only for the United States but also impoverished nations bypassed by the current prosperity.

53.   Contributing to the escalating tensions is trouble in neighboring Albania, where failed pyramid financial schemes have prompted days of protests and rioting across the impoverished nation.

54.   Despite the dangers, thousands of Haitians flee their impoverished nation every year and attempt to reach Florida by sea.

55.   Drug smuggling has long been a problem for Tajikistan, and the impoverished Central Asian nation is along a key smuggling route to Europe.

56.   Drug smuggling has long been a problem for this impoverished Central Asian nation, which is along a key trafficking route to Europe.

57.   Embattled Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano resigned Monday, two weeks after rioting that pushed his impoverished nation to the brink of anarchy.

58.   Every year, floods and cyclones hit this impoverished nation, killing hundreds of people.

59.   Facing united opposition, France offered more foreign aid to the mostly impoverished nations of the South Pacific.

60.   Facing united opposition to its nuclear tests, France offered more foreign aid to the mostly impoverished nations of the South Pacific.