Employment rose by 79,000 in November, bringing the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 8.5%. Despite November's gain, employment was 321,000 (-1.9%) below the peak of October 2008.
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19 people have been killed and many wounded in an explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to the latest reports.
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EU NAVFOR is holding 13 pirate suspects today after an attack on the general cargo ship BBC TOGO 150 n-miles south of Salalah, Oman.
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Cargo vessel freed from Somalia - all 10 crew-members reported to be well. Seized in the afternoon on Friday June 12, 2009, the relatively small 2,800-tonne general cargo ship MV CHARELLE has been released by her captors after they received a ransom, maritime observers working with ECOTERRA Intl. reported.
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On the morning of 29 November 2009, 175 nautical miles east of Victoria, Seychelles a Spanish Fishing Vessel was attacked by pirates in two attack skiffs. Her embarked security team fired warning shots after which the pirates broke of their attack.
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Romania’s Embassy to Athens was officially informed by the Greek authorities in connection with the hijacking of Greece-flagged Maran Centaurus carrier by Somali pirates and that among the 28 crew members on board there is also a Romanian citizens, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) confirmed on Monday.
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The owner of the large, 142 foot long Indian Cargo Dhow MV SHREE NARAYAN, having been hijacked by Somali pirates on November 18 en route from Kenya in the Indian Ocean, reported by fax to DG shipping and confirmed by telephone to EU NAVFOR that the pirates had left the vessel.
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The UK will deploy 500 extra troops to Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced on Monday 30 November 2009.
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Saudi armed forces have recaptured the "strategic region" of Al-Dood mountain from Yemeni rebels on the Saudi-Yemen border, the deputy defence minister said on Sunday.
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A remixed version of Wavin' Flag, a song by Somali-born Canadian hip hop artist K'Naan, has been chosen as the official song of next year's World Cup in South Africa.
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