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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Eurozone unemployment at record 12 percent

People are seen on the Venice Wall that surrounds the old city, gathering during a Cyprus Aid concert in capital Nicosia, Monday, April 1, 2013. Thousands of people attended a charity concert in Nicosia on Monday designed to help the needy at a time of 15 percent unemployment. Some 50 Greek and Cypriot artists were to perform at theevent at the moat beneath the medieval walls surrounding the old part of the capital. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)BRUSSELS (AP) — Unemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro has struck 12 percent for the first time since the currency was launched in 1999.



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