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100,000 Protest to 'Turn Up Heat' on Rome Gov't

Demonstrators applaud during the left-wing Italian metalworkers' union FIOM rally in downtown Rome Piazza San Giovanni on May 18, 2013. (Filippo Monteforte) Roughly 100,000 protesters marched through Rome on Saturday to say they are fed up with Italy's austerity heavy policies and climbing unemployment.

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Found 3 hours ago on channel CommonDreams.org

Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta

ROME - Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession.

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Found 8 hours ago on channel Reuters

Unemployment rates drop in most states, Illinois climbs

WASHINGTON - Unemployment rates dropped in 43 out of the 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia in April from a year before, according to Labor Department data released on Friday.

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Found 22 hours ago on channel Reuters

Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years

kkleiner writes "Rice University professor Moshe Vardi has been evaluating technological progress in computer science and artificial intelligence and has recently concluded that robots will replace most, if not all, human labor by 2045, putting millions out of work. The issue is whether AI enables humans to do more or less. But perhaps the real question about technological unemployment of labor isn't 'How will people do nothing?' but 'What kind of work will they do instead?'"

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Found 1 day ago on channel Slashdot

In France, a Beleaguered President Defends His Tenure

As his country slid back into a recession, President François Hollande of France promised new measures to lower unemployment and coordinate economic policies in the euro zone.        

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Found 1 day ago on channel New York Times