Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 0.5% in May, a faster rate of decline than in the previous three months. Over the last four months, the goods-producing industries have contributed the most to the decrease in real GDP, while the output of the service sector has remained essentially unchanged.
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Total non-farm payroll employment fell by 64,000 in May, down 0.4% from April, bringing total losses to 423,900 since the peak in October 2008. The proportion of industries experiencing job losses edged down in May to 63%.
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Since last Friday a series of blockades of boats transferring immigrants to detention camps in the Greek province of Macedonia have erupted in battles between antiracist protesters and the police.
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European Union foreign ministers have wrapped up their meeting in Brussels. A major concern was the rising violence in Somalia. Foreign ministers have agreed to increase efforts to help stabilize the country.
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US-American secretary of state plans to hold talks with the Somali president in an attempt to embolden the Mogadishu government in the lawless Horn of Africa state.
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The top United Nations envoy for Somalia today called on the Security Council to take “concrete” steps to help bring stability to the strife-torn nation, stressing that the support of the international community is more important now than ever.
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In May, 778,700 people received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, up 65,600, or 9.2%, from a month earlier, with Alberta and Ontario showing the fastest rates of increase. This rise followed an increase of 3.7% in April.
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Marking a quantum leap in India’s shipbuilding capabilities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched Sunday the country’s first localy designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine in Visakhapatnam, an official said.
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Today in the morning Mrs. Suaad Hagi Mohamud was at the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi/Kenya subjected to a DNA test by a swap from her mouth.
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Norway is to send two frigates to join the European Union's anti-piracy mission in Somalia, and Croatia is also set to send ships, the EU's top diplomat said Monday, according to AfricaNews.
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