The unemployment rate in the 17 country eurozone went up to 11.9%, the highest level every recorded. The different levels in each country ranged from 5% in Austria to 27% in Greece. The strains on the euro because of this slowdown are quite high, although we have no idea what the breaking point of the populations might be.
Protests in Bangladesh have been going in recent days due to the death sentence handed down on vice president Delwar Hossain Sayedee, 73, who was convicted for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war. He is the third person to be convicted on crimes related to the independence movement that led to the creation of Bangladesh after it separated from Pakistan. The situation is highly volatile and is likely to continue for some time.
The violence in eastern Congo is accelerating as the rebel factions turn on each other and civilians have no where to turn. Nearly 750,000 people have become refugees since January as the violence as spiraled out of control, and the innocents do not know whom to trust.
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