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French unemployment climbs again in first quarter

The jobless rate reached 10.8 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the highest it has been since 1998, according to the latest data.

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France's rising unemployment reached 10.8 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the highest it has been since 1998, according to data released on Thursday from the national statistics institute Insee, reports FRANCE 24.

The jobless rate in the eurozone's second-largest economy rose by 0.3 percentage points from the fourth quarter of 2012, it said.

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