Washington - The United States shed 651,000 jobs in February, the latest sign of a deepening recession and raising the unemployment rate to 8.1 per cent, the US Labour Department said Friday.
The unemployment rate now stands at its highest level since 1983 and 4.4 million people have lost their jobs since the US recession began in December 2007 - more than half in just the last four months.
The Labour Department also sharply revised its figures over the last two months, now reporting 681,000 job cuts in December, the worst monthly loss since 1948, and
Harare - Zimbabwe's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai (56) was injured and his wife, Susan, was killed in a car crash late Friday, party officials confirmed, adding that suspicious circumstances could indicate foul play.
The 3G spectrum allocation process is likely to get further delayed as the Union Government has announced to form a Group of Ministers (GoM) to sort out controversial pricing issue and number of players per telecom circle.
Harare - The wife of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Susan, died as a result of her injuries sustained in a car crash on Friday in which the prime minister was also hurt, party officials have confirmed.
Islamabad - Businesses remained closed and thousands held protest rallies in Pakistan's largest province of Punjab on Friday against President Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
