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5/1/2011 5:27:44 PM
Protesters stage a sit-in in Amman outside the Ministry of Labour demanding their right to work and a fairer minimum wage
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4/19/2011 6:34:17 PM
Israel's near five years blockade on the Gaza Strip causes extensive poverty, endemic unemployment and 80 percent of Gazans to be dependent on aid handouts
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4/18/2011 6:17:27 PM
Food prices are doubled, unemployment hits half of the population of the the lowest per capita income of any of the major Arab states
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4/11/2011 4:12:31 PM
Middle East needs structural reforms to feed economic growth, according to World Economic Outlook
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4/10/2011 3:16:21 PM
Rare protests in Riyadh and Jedda target lack of opportunities and low wages for teachers
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4/7/2011 2:51:25 PM
The World Trade Organisation warns of protectionist trade pressures fueled by high unemployment and sharp austerity programmes
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3/31/2011 1:25:56 PM
Algerian PM Ahmed Ouyahia stresses big difference between Algeria and other Arab countries in terms of democracy, acknowledges problems of unemployment and lack of housing
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3/30/2011 10:44:27 AM
Numbers employed, demand and advertised posts all drop in February
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3/17/2011 3:44:40 PM
Facebook-launched demonstration will coincide with unemployment protest on a day marking 49 years since the end of French colonial rule
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3/16/2011 1:16:04 PM
Region pledges $20bn for Bahrain and Oman, but younger generation not sated by financial measures
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3/16/2011 12:02:51 PM
As 20 per cent of Egyptians in Libya flee, Egypt makes job creation plans and faces a sharp drop in remittances
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3/15/2011 2:31:04 PM
International Labour organisation encouraged by nation's 'constructive spirit'
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3/14/2011 4:20:07 PM
Egypt's new government announces a number of reforms on issues related to labor rights, with further measures to be taken soon
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3/9/2011 1:13:06 PM
Tunisians applaud in courtroom upon hearing ruling that dissolves the former ruling party, citing its totalitarianism is unconstitutional
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3/8/2011 11:01:07 AM
The ministry of finance faces two main challenges in the short term: curbing the budget deficit and reducing unemployment levels
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3/6/2011 3:55:16 PM
Algeria's government is studying ways to improve dialogue with the public including the use of social media, a day after police cracked down on anti-regime rallies
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World
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3/4/2011 5:37:40 PM
Protesters mass in Baghdad's Tahrir Square and other cities over corruption, unemployment and poor public services
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3/3/2011 4:33:43 PM
Stung into action by regional revolt, government offers handouts and turns blind eye to lawbreakers
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World
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2/28/2011 1:07:10 PM
An Algerian man has died after setting himself alight at the weekend in a protest in front of a government office
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2/28/2011 10:45:40 AM
Move follows announcement of $36bn welfare package
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