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Youth joblessness near crisis peak
Youth joblessness is almost back at its peak following the outbreak of the global economic crisis and is unlikely to ease until at least 2016, the International Labour Organization warned Tuesday. The ILO said nearly 75 million youths or 12.7 percent of people aged 15 to 24 will be out…
Former Yahoo! executive charged with insider trading
US regulators announced that a former Yahoo! executive has agreed to plead guilty in an insider trading scheme that involved leaking word of the Internet search giant’s pact with Microsoft. Robert Kwok was senior director of business management at Yahoo! in 2009 when the firm negotiated an alliance with Microsoft…
Strong quake rocks Bulgaria, no casualties
SOFIA — A strong 5.8-magnitude quake that struck southwest of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia shortly after 3:00 am Tuesday left no casualties, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said. “So far, there are no (known) casulties or injuries, which is good news,” Tsvetanov told Focus news agency. “Let’s hope it does not strike…
Chemical exposure influences rat behavior for generations
WASHINGTON — When pregnant rats are exposed to a common crop chemical, their descendants three generations later show more anxiety and stress than the offspring of unexposed peers, US researchers said. The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the animal model may provide an…
Bush and Blair’s pre-Iraq conversation must be disclosed, U.K. tribunal rules
Extracts of a phone conversation between Tony Blair and George Bush a few days before the invasion of Iraq must be disclosed, a tribunal has ruled. The Foreign Office lost an appeal against an order by the information commissioner, Christopher Graham, to disclose records of the conversation between the two…
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