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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Spain jobless rate rises near one in four

Spain jobless rate rises near one in four


Spain jobless rate rises near one in four

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Half of young people under 25 have no work and in more than 1.7m households no one has a job. In Germany unemployment is at its lowest since 1990

Chinese activist in US protection

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:50 AM PDT

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese human rights lawyer who has escaped house arrest, is under the protection of US officials, activists say

Despair and defiance greet Syrian monitors

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT

A disturbing journey with the UN convoy reveals a situation far from the two-week-old truce demanded by the UN Security Council

US economic growth of 2.2% disappoints

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 10:25 AM PDT

A large fall in government spending during the first quarter of 2012 saw a drop in the annualised growth rate for US GDP below market expectations

Le Pen backers scorn Sarkozy and Hollande

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:05 AM PDT

From the moment Marine Le Pen won almost 18 per cent of last Sunday's vote, the question of who her 6.5m supporters would choose became vital to the outcome

Economists go head-to-head over US budget

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 11:40 AM PDT

The economic debate dominating the 2012 US presidential campaign has drawn two of the profession's giants into a pointed exchange over Barack Obama's budget plans

Mexican migrant town is left on its knees

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:15 AM PDT

As the net flow of migrants from Mexico to the US has ground to a halt, the once booming town of Altar is struggling to survive

Dutch approve Brussels-compliant budget

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:46 AM PDT

The Netherlands sends a budget plan to Brussels that will bring its deficit below EU limits

Haarde celebrates ‘95% victory’ in court

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 10:07 AM PDT

Former Icelandic premier blames two-year ordeal on political vendetta cloaked in what he says were legally spurious allegations of wrongdoing

BoJ adds Y5tn to asset purchase plan

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:06 PM PDT

The Bank of Japan announces further measures to battle slowing growth and deflation while adjusting the terms to allow it to buy more government debt

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