Stories for June 2007

Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
In spite of sluggish US economy unemployment remains at 4.5%

The United States economy added 157,000 new jobs in May, the biggest expansion in two months as companies continued to employ despite the sluggish economy.
Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Diplomatic incident brewing between Brazil and Venezuela

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon Venezuela's ambassador Julio Garcia Montoya “for the indispensable clarification” of President Hugo Chavez' reference to the Brazilian Senate as “a parrot that repeats whatever Washington says” adding that the Brazilian Congress was “controlled by the right wing”.

In spite of sluggish US economy unemployment remains at 4.5%