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U.S. jobless rate drops to 8.1% as people give up searching for work


September 8th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- With employers in the United States adding just 96,000 jobs last month, the national unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent as nearly four times as many people ... Read more...

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U.S. unemployment rate drops to 8.1 percent, lowest in 3 years


May 5th, 2012 - 4:07 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The unemployment rate in the United States fell to 8.1 percent in the month of April, reaching its lowest level in three years, the U.S. Labor Department ... Read more...

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U.S. unemployment rate drops to 8.5 percent, lowest in almost 3 years


January 7th, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The unemployment rate in the United States in December fell to 8.5 percent, its lowest level in nearly three years, the U.S. Labor Department (DOL) announced on ... Read more...

Posted in Business |

Oz defence sexgate: Minister may order judicial inquiry


April 11th, 2011 - 8:16 am ICT by ANI
Canberra (Australia), Apr.11 (ANI): Australia's Defence Minister Stephen Smith is considering an independent judicial inquiry into abuse and bastardisation at the Australian Defence Force Academy.Several serving senior military officers, whose names are ... Read more...

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Argentina says swine flu ebbing


September 14th, 2009 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Sep 14 (EFE) Argentina is experiencing "a decreasing tendency" in swine flu cases though the toll has risen to 514, the official Telam news agency has reported. Health officials analysed ... Read more...

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More than 43,000 affected by swine flu in Europe


August 27th, 2009 - 7:38 am ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Aug 27 (Xinhua) European health officials said more than 43,000 people have been affected by the swine flu in Europe. On Wednesday 745 new cases of swine flu reported in the European ... Read more...

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Europe reports over 300 new swine flu cases


August 23rd, 2009 - 5:51 am ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Aug 23 (Xinhua) European health officials Saturday reported 311 new swine flu cases in the region. Of the new cases, 279 were confirmed in Italy, 26 in Switzerland, five in Slovakia ... Read more...

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60 percent of Swat’s schools destroyed: UN


June 6th, 2009 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) Sixty percent of the schools in Swat in Pakistan's restive northwest, where the military is currently focussing its anti-Taliban operations, have been destroyed, the UN says, quoting ... Read more...

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Pak IB facing officers drain due to lack of facilities


January 14th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 14 (ANI): The number of middle ranked officer leaving Pakistans Intelligence Bureau (IB) is growing day by day as they are desperate for other options like joining the ISI.There ... Read more...

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