Article Photos: Spain halts evictions for the needy after suicides


Perpetua Obi waits her eviction with her son in Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The Spanish government on Thursday passed a decree suspending evictions of the most vulnerable homeowners unable to pay their mortgage, a bid to ease a trend that has seen hundreds of thousands of people lose their homes because of the brutal economic crisis. The eviction was finally suspended. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)