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| Arab unemployment 'highest in world' |
| 2009-02-06 |
| The rate of unemployment in the Middle East-North Africa region is the highest in the world compared to other regions, the director of the Arab Labor Organization said on Wednesday. The global economic crisis has hit the Arab markets hard and may cause job losses to as many as five million people, Ahmad Luqman said, according to Al-Jazeera. The rate of unemployment in Arab countries is one of the highest in the world compared to other regions and stands at around 14 percent, he said. Among young people, the numbers are even higher, at around 25%. The ALO is a specialist organization of the 22-member Arab League, If the economic situation remains in the current state, there will be around 21 million Arabs out of work by 2010, Luqman estimated. In order to maintain the current rate of unemployment without it going up, there is a need to create some four million new jobs every year, he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Come on people its got to do with bushitler and stuff looney leftie |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-02-06 19:08 |
| #8 Old news. Nothing has changed since AD800. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-02-06 13:55 |
| #7 Explains why mido-man has so much free time to digital-drool here. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-02-06 13:37 |
| #6 if it don't involve running a 7-11 or getting rich off oil they're not doing it unless Jihad qualifies as work |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-02-06 12:35 |
| #5 would ahve never guessed this |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-02-06 12:34 |
| #4 The problem with Koranic Studies is that it won't even get you a "want fries with that?" job. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2009-02-06 11:20 |
| #3 They're not lazy BP, look at Gaza tunneling authority. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-06 08:45 |
| #2 L A Z Y |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-02-06 08:43 |
| #1 I wonder why? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-06 08:35 |