US unemployment rate hits 8.1%

France 24
Wednesday 08 April 2009 17:23 BST
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The US unemployment rate has soared to 8.1%, its highest level since December 1983. In Pittsburgh, as in most parts of the US, job fairs are teeming with those desperate to get back to work.

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