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Young Greeks face tear gas at a protest in Athens, December 2008. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42632457@N00/3098761766/">How Will I Ever (Flickr)</a>

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UN group: Vast numbers of unemployed youth threaten global stability

The swelling ranks of unemployed youth threaten to create a lost generation that endangers the global economic system, a new report warns.

Cafes in Tunisia have become a common hangout for unemployed college graduates, but now that educated youth may be able to get back to work. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clurross/4543646129/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Flickr (clurross)</a>

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A new model for Middle East economic practices starts with Tunisia, Libya

Sitting in cafes all over Tunisia are unemployed youth with college degrees and nothing better to do.

Zambikes team members at the factory in Zambia holding one of their bamboo bicycles. Photo:<a href="http://www.new.zambikes.org/index.php">Zambikes.org</a>

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Zambikes makes bamboo bicycles to fix social and economic problems in Africa

*This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.*

Today, college graduation lacks some of the promise it normally holds but some grads are taking the initiative and making it work. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inorman/2591382845/in/photostream/">inorman88 (flickr)</a>

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The New Stimulus: Recent Grads Create Businesses to Employ Themselves

You've probably heard something along the lines of "get an education and you'll make more money," at least once in your life.

Protests in Tunisia continue as people seek a fresh start in a new democratic government. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nassernouri/5381808872/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Nasser Nouri (flickr)</a>

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The Democracy Domino Effect?

Walking around Tunisia's capital in 2008, I couldn't help but notice the images of President Ben Ali looking down from every shop window and restaurant. The mandatory photos were a not-so-subtle reminder that the president was watching everything.

Black males have the highest unemployement rate in the U.S. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ripdownthetapestries/3265567546/">Jaci Berkopec (flickr)</a>

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Black Men Struggle to Find Jobs Amid Recession

Men — and black men in particular — are being disproportionately affected by the economic downturn in the U.S. According to statistics from the U.S.

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November Comment of the Month

November's Comment of the Month was sent in by Sarah Standish of Portland, Oregon. Sarah commented on Alok Amatya's post Dairy Cows Fight Terrorism in Fallujah.

A Detroit street. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msgemini3/2085969697/">NoneOther... {Captured In Lights}...(flickr)</a>

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Unemployment in Detroit Nearly 50 Percent

Officially, Detroit's unemployment rate is 27 percent. But this number doesn't factor in people that are underemployed or are unemployed and have given up on the job search more than a year ago.

Severe unemployment threatens security gains made in the last few years. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_batta/3068191136/">Dogon56 (flickr)</a>

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Iraq: Can There Be Peace Without Jobs?

Security in Iraq is undoubtedly improving, but rising unemployment threatens to increase instability and worsen corruption, according to Iraq expert Frank Gunter.

A street dentist in India. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisluna/2813819116/">Christian Luna (flickr)</a>

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It's Not What You Think: India's Informal Economy and the Global Crisis

Would you want an unlicensed dentist working on your teeth?

What will the growth of the Mongolian mining industry mean for the country's nomadic herders? Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps

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Mines in Mongolia

Mongolia could soon be home to the largest copper mine in the world.

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If You Pay Them, Will They Leave?

As unemployment increases worldwide, countries are looking at ways to stop the bleeding. Spain, Japan and the Czech Republic have decided to pay unemployed immigrants to return to their homelands.

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The Emotional Toll of Letting Employees Go

I don't think anyone would say it's easy to tell someone they no longer have a job. Especially Shelly Polum, an executive with Ram Tool, a small tool-and-die-cast manufacturer in Grafton, Wisconsin.