Non-farm payroll employment fell by 110,200 in August (-0.8%), following an increase of 27,300 in July.
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WASHINGTON - Breaking the cycle of "on-again, off-again" military-to-military relations between the United States and China is of primary importance to the two nations, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told his Chinese counterpart here today.
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The Indian Navy has reportedly decided to deploy two warships in the Indian Ocean area to counter the threat from Somali pirates.
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Four days after their distress call was sent out near the Seychelles and received by the naval crisis centre, the abducted 13m, one-mast sailing yacht S/Y LYNN RIVAL with an elderly British couple on board has reportedly already reached the Central Somali coast, while ...
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The Canadian railway industry saw a decline in the volume of cargo carried in August, the result of a drop in commodities loaded in Canada as well as traffic received from the United States.
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Serious assaults, as well as assaults against peace officers, have increased by more than 20% during the past decade. They are among the few police-reported violent crimes on the rise in Canada.
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Police reported 611 homicides in Canada in 2008, 17 more than the previous year, resulting in a 2% rise in the national homicide rate.
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The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in August fell 2.4% (-19,100) from July, the second consecutive monthly decline.
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MOSCOW - Russia has no plans to stop military cooperation with Iran, a federal military cooperation body said on Thursday, according to RIA Novosti.
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Naples - Rear Admiral Mohammed Berrada Gouzi, Inspector of the Moroccan Royal Navy, as the Royal Armed Forces/General Headquarters (EMG/FAR) representative and Vice Admiral Maurizio Gemignani, Commander of Operation Active Endeavour, signed today in Naples, Italy, a Tactical Memorandum of Understanding (TMOU) for a Moroccan contribution to NATO’s anti-terrorism mission, Operation Active Endeavour.
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