The latest official data shows that the unemployment rate in the United States touched 10.2 per cent in October, the highest since 1983.
FBI investigates US army shootings
Investigators are searching for a motive behind the shooting at a US army base in Texas, in which 13 military staff were killed by an army psychiatrist.
Troops 'injured in Afghan air raid'
At least 25 foreign and Afghan troops have been injured after an air raid mistakenly targeted them during a joint operation in the northwest of Afghanistan, local police say.
China has described as protectionist new US anti-dumping duties on steel pipes and called for Washington's swift recognition that it is a market economy.
