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Stories for January 9th 2009

• Friday, January 9th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: MBE for dedicated music teacher; Kayakers set out to circumnavigate the Islands

• Friday, January 9th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  US unemployment 7.2%; 08 job losses highest since 1945

  

  More US workers lost jobs last year than in any year since World War II, with employers axing 2.6 million posts and 524,000 in December alone. The US jobless rate rose to 7.2% in December, the highest in 16 years according to the US Labor Department release.