Against the backdrop of the economic meltdown, a movement isbuilding within the ranks of America's social workers to maketheir profession more adept at helping clients overcome financialwoes.

Since they emerged on the scene in the late 19th century, socialworkers traditionally have sought to improve the lot of the poor.But in the contemporary era of rampant foreclosures, credit carddebt,...

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Gareth Evans, co-director of Platinum Property Agents based in St John’s, Worcester, said it was a bold but necessary move.

“It’s possibly come a little bit late though,” he said. “The bank seems to have been a bit slow to see the slow down in the construction market and seems to have only just woken up to that.

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"We had the richest land and could cultivate anything - grapes, all sorts of apples, walnuts, pineapples, peaches," says one elderly woman dressed in black. South Ossetia seems almost like Shangri La when spoken of by families forced to flee two-story homes and fertile farmland. Now, they occupy classrooms, one family to each classroom, with cots and laundry lined neatly against blackboards.