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Economy
The oil rich state is taking precautionary measures to avoid unrest slamming the region
Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast that claims last week would decline to 400,000, rather than rise.
Morocco's tourism receipts are expected to defy the Argana bombing, which killed 16 people, with the help of sovereign wealth funds from Gulf states
The Irish oil explorer aims to allocate $100 million in capital in both markets by Q3
 
A report released by a rights group details the number of lay offs and workers' actions in the industrial sector throughout the month of April

Tunisian prime minister asks the G8 more support for the economy


A document from 2010 also showed the Libyan Investment Authority owned billions of dollars of shares in blue-chip companies such as BP, Deutsche Telekom, General Electric and Vivendi

The Egyptian stock market ended the day on a green note despite calls for a "second revolution"

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