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Study Shows Iraq Unemployment is 70%

HeadlineJul 22, 2004

A study by the college of economics at Baghdad University has found that the unemployment rate in Iraq is 70%. The study says the problem of high unemployment is going from bad to worse, with the security situation deteriorating and the reconstruction process faltering.
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