The European Union said Wednesday that the jobless rate in the eurozone hit 11.6 percent in September, up a tenth of a percentage point from August — a record high. The EU said another 146,000 workers lost their jobs, leaving more than 18 million people out of work

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With businesses and daily routines returning to normal, both presidential candidates President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are yet to resume any campaign activities in the run-up to the November 6 elections.

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For those of us who have followed President Obama political career from when he became a US Senator from Illinois to the time he became President of the United States in 2008, clearly recognized the fact that, the Barack Obama who debated Governor Mitt Romney during the first presidential debate fall short of being the political juggernaut we all knew him to be

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Representatives from more than 170 countries including Ghana are meeting in Hyderabad, India, to deliberate on the way forward to protect the planet’s biodiversity

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Officials in Nepal say an airplane carrying 19 people has crashed. They say the plane crashed Friday morning shortly after taking off from Kathmandu airport

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The United States has temporarily withdrawn more staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital for security reasons, but said it hopes to return them to Tripoli early next week

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A U.S. official says police have arrested the alleged filmmaker behind the video that sparked weeks of deadly protests across the Muslim world

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Over 150 leading journalists from various countries world-wide on Tuesday gathered in Baku, the Capital city of Azerbaijan in Eastern Europe to discuss important global media and energy issues

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Leading water professionals have gathered at the International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress and Exhibition to discuss the world’s water issues in Busan, South Korea

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Sheikh Dr Osman Sharubuta, the National Chief Imam, has condemned the violent acts that followed the release of an anti-Islamic movie in a number of countries, saying “it is not in the nature of Prophet Muhammad to react pugnaciously to such provocations.”

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A three-day African runway safety workshop was on Monday opened in Accra to deliberate on practical measures to improve runway safety and to increase awareness on the part of stakeholders

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The United States has indicted seven men from Zimbabwe on charges of filing hundreds of false U.S. income tax returns, netting them up to $10 million in illegal refunds

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The U.N. children's fund UNICEF says Syria's civil war killed 1,600 people last week, making it the deadliest seven-day period of the 18-month conflict

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Police in Pakistan have arrested a Muslim cleric for allegedly planting evidence against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. The development has raised hopes the girl may be released in a case that has revived calls for reform in the country's controversial anti-blasphemy laws

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DETROIT – General Motors will invest $220 million for tooling and equipment to build the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze in two northeast Ohio plants retaining more than 5,000 jobs at facilities in Lordstown and Parma

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It was with sadness that I learned of the passing of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. Prime Minister Meles deserves recognition for his lifelong contribution to Ethiopia’s development, particularly his unyielding commitment to Ethiopia’s poor

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