People sign up for the Unemployment Olympics in New York, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The lighthearted competition was only open to the unemployed and included a such games as "Pin the Blame on the Boss" and "Office Telephone Toss". AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

People sign up for the Unemployment Olympics in New York, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The lighthearted competition was only open to the unemployed and included a such games as "Pin the Blame on the Boss" and "Office Telephone Toss".

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  1. A building is seen under construction in Madrid Friday Feb. 5, 2010. Spain's once-buoyant economy has wracked up six straight quarters of decline since third quarter of 2008 as a boom fueled by real estate construction and consumer spending collapsed. Unemployment now stands at nearly 20 percent. The government's ballooning deficit is an acute source of worry for investors and markets fretting over whether Spain could be in line for a debt crisis like the one in Greece.
  2. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 02: Afghan men and boys watch a monkey at the Kabul Zoo February 2, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population lives below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  3. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 2: Afghan children spend time at the Kabul Zoo February 02, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 percent with more than half the population lives below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  4. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 2: Afghans look at a monkey at the Kabul Zoo February 02, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 percent with more than half the population lives below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  5. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 2: Afghan men watch an afternoon Indian film at a theater, that like all movie houses, was closed during the Taliban takeover, February 02, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population lives below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  6. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 02: A man prepares to smoke heroin in the destroyed former Russian Cultural Center, a notorious drug den on February 02, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. As poppy production in Afghanistan is still high, opium and heroin are cheap and easily available. As a result, drug addiction is quickly becoming a growing problem in Afghanistan with a United Nations survey recently showing over 900,000 people in Afghanistan are considered drug addicts. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population lives below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  7. Stephanie Buckley, of Boston, second from right, has her resume reviewed by Shelly Piper, of Cape Ann, Mass., right, at the BostonHires job fair in a hotel in Boston, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Unemployment rose in most cities and counties in December, signaling that companies remain reluctant to hire even as the economy recovers.
  8. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: Children run through a cemetery February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  9. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: Members of two recently displaced families from Wardak Province stand in the doorway of a home in which they are staying February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Thousands of Afghans have fled to the relative safety of Kabul to avoid the fighting between coalition forces and the Taliban in their provinces. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  10. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: Amin Haidary grieves at the grave of his son Hamid, 3, who he said recently died from an illness that was not brought to a doctor's attention quickly enough February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  11. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: Boys play on a swing recently set up in a cemetery February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  12. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: A minaret stands in front of mountains February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years.
  13. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: A man passes a vendor displaying Indian videos for sale in the old city February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line.
  14. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: Women in burqas wait to board a bus in the old city February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line.
  15. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: A street vendor sells phone cards in the old city February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line.
  16. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 01: A man sells scarves in a market in the old city February 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 per cent with more than half the population living below the poverty line.

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