Job seekers line up for a career fair, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in Oak Brook, IL. Employers nationally cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. AP Photo logo AP Photo 13 months ago

Job seekers line up for a career fair, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in Oak Brook, IL. Employers nationally cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent.

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  1. The entrance to Brownsville Houses is seen in the Brooklyn borough of New York July 29, 2010. Brownsville for decades has been one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods, and gun violence is up nearly 50 percent this year from a historic low in 2009. Passed over by in the gentrification of Brooklyn, its people cram into low-income public housing projects, trapped in a world of unemployment, teen pregnancy and extreme tension with police - decades-old problems that the world's wealthiest nation has not figured out how to solve. Picture taken July 29.
  2. A homeless man sits beside the street near the Ueno station in Tokyo, on July 30, 2010. Japan's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in June, rising by 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, government data showed.
  3. Homeless women shelter from the rain with their belongings at the Ueno station in Tokyo, on July 30, 2010. Japan's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in June, rising by 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, government data showed.
  4. NEW YORK - JULY 29: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) minutes before the closing bell July 29, 2010 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 30.72 points to close at 10,467.16.
  5. A man looks over employment opportunities at a jobs center in San Francisco, California in this file image from February 4, 2010. New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly more than expected last week, offering a ray of hope for the anemic labor market recovery. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000, the Labor Department said on July 29, 2010. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast claims slipping to 459,000 from the previously reported 464,000 the prior week, which was revised slightly up to 468,000 in Thursday's report. The four-week average of new jobless claims, seen as a better measure of underlying labor market trends, fell 4,500 to 452,500.
  6. People wait in line to enter the City University of New York (CUNY) Big Apple job fair in New York, in this file image from April 23, 2010. New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly more than expected last week, offering a ray of hope for the anemic labor market recovery. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000, the Labor Department said on July 29, 2010. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast claims slipping to 459,000 from the previously reported 464,000 the prior week, which was revised slightly up to 468,000 in Thursday's report. The four-week average of new jobless claims, seen as a better measure of underlying labor market trends, fell 4,500 to 452,500.
  7. WASHINGTON - JULY 28: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) speaks during an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Social Security Act July 28, 2010 outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The Congress passed the act for the social insurance program to protect against poverty, old age, disability and unemployment 75 years ago.
  8. WASHINGTON - JULY 28: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) speaks as Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) (2nd R) and House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (R) look on during a event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Social Security Act July 28, 2010 outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The Congress passed the act for the social insurance program to protect against poverty, old age, disability and unemployment 75 years ago.
  9. Taxi drivers play a game of billiards as they take a break under a highway road in Jakarta July 27, 2010. Survey by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in May 2010 showed that the unemployment rate in Indonesia was very high, totaling 8.59 million people, or 7.41 percent of a 116 million people work force, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said on June.
  10. A youth smokes a cigarette in Jakarta July 27, 2010. A survey by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in May 2010 showed that the unemployment rate in Indonesia was very high, totalling 8.59 million people, or 7.41 percent of a 116 million people workforce, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said in June.
  11. Men who are undergoing treatment for drug abuse and addiction use computers at a rehabilitation centre in Amman July 25, 2010. Authorities have stepped up their efforts to combat the spread of narcotics particularly in poor areas, where unemployment and poverty are rampant, and where the majority of drug users are 16 years old and above, General Mazen Qublan, the director of a drug rehabilitation centre said.
  12. A Jordanian police officer checks a store where seized drugs are kept at an anti-narcotics department in Amman July 25, 2010. Authorities have stepped up their efforts to combat the spread of narcotics particularly in poor areas, where unemployment and poverty are rampant, and where the majority of drug users are 16 years old and above, General Mazen Qublan, the director of a drug rehabilitation centre said.
  13. Clothes hang from windows at a dormitory for factory workers in Shenzhen, southern China July 23, 2010. China's registered urban jobless rate, the only official measure of unemployment, was 4.2 percent at the end of June, unchanged from three months earlier, the labour ministry said on Friday.
  14. A rag-and-bone man (L) rests on the back of a tricycle next to residents in central Beijing July 23, 2010. China's registered urban jobless rate, the only official measure of unemployment, was 4.2 percent at the end of June, unchanged from three months earlier, the labour ministry said on Friday.
  15. A man (2nd L) plays a bamboo flute as he begs at a street in Beijing July 23, 2010. China's registered urban jobless rate, the only official measure of unemployment, was 4.2 percent at the end of June, unchanged from three months earlier, the labour ministry said on Friday.
  16. US President Barack Obama signs the emergency unemployment benefits bill July 22, 2010 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

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