Since it peaked in October 2008, the number of payroll employees has declined by 2.0% or 296,000. Non-farm payroll employment fell by 79,600 in February, down 0.5% from a month earlier.
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Port-au-Prince/Brussels, 28 April 2009: Haiti’s environmental destruction is a time bomb that needs urgent attention if the country is to preserve its social and economic stability.
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UNESCO and 32 partner institutions launched on April 21, 2009 the World Digital Library, a Web site that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world. The site includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, prints and photographs. It provides unrestricted public access, free of charge, to this material.
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The number of regular EI beneficiaries has climbed 21.9% since October 2008, reaching 610,200 in February. Over the same period, the number of regular EI beneficiaries has increased in almost all provinces and territories, with the largest percentage gains in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.
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A crewman of the American ship overtaken by pirates off the coast of Africa earlier this month filed suit against his employer this morning in Harris County, asking for at least $75,000 for pain and suffering, alleging that the ship’s owner did not take proper precautions against high seas attacks.
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NATO says it is sending four of its anti-piracy ships back to the Gulf of Aden sooner than planned because of the surge of attacks by Somali brigands there.
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With swine flu infections now confirmed in four different countries, the United Nations health agency said today that it may raise the international pandemic alert today, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon emphasized that the world body is working rapidly to control the outbreak.
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The head of the United Nations health agency today warned that the recent outbreak of a deadly new strain of the flu virus, known as swine flu, reported in parts of Mexico and the United States, has the potential to become a pandemic.
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by Jennifer Gold
The Anglican Bishop in the Horn of Africa, has said that piracy in the region is “almost an industry” and is a way for Somalis to “fight back” against injustices caused by globalisation. In recent weeks, attacks by Somali pirates have risen markedly and drawn the attention of the media – particularly after the capture and then miraculous rescue of American cargo ship captain Richard Phillips.
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China unveiled its nuclear submarines this week at an international fleet review marking the 60th anniversary of its navy, official media reported. The first known public appearance of the craft, off the northern port of Qingdao, will underscore the growing might of the People's Liberation Army navy and its attempts to build goodwill by increasing transparency.
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