poverty

EUROPE: Although concerns about the euro are getting lots of media attention, it seems that Europeans think there are even bigger problems facing the world.

INDIA: Microloans, the lending of small amounts of money to poor people, once seemed like a good deed. But it has become a road to ruin for many borrowers.

ANGOLA: You may not know that the African nation of Angola has one of the world’s fastest-growing economies — it grew by more than 14 per cent in 2008. Good job prospects have attracted tens of thousands of Portuguese workers.

"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch", or so the saying goes. There are people, however, who are getting free lunches, dinners, breakfasts, and snacks. They are freegans and they believe in freeganism.