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Global jobless total expected to pass 200 million

The global jobless total is expected to pass 200 million this year, according to the UN jobs watchdog.

Estimates of unemployment made in each of the last six years have subsequently been cut Credit: Press Association

The International Labour Organization says unemployment will go up by 5.1 million this year to more than 202 million, and by another 3 million in 2014.

That would push unemployment to a new record.