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Unemployment in the United States has fallen to its lowest level for four years. The economy generated nearly 150,000 new jobs in November, bringing the unemployment rate down by two points from October to 7.7%. The figures surprised analysts, who had predicted that Superstorm Sandy would have had more adverse impact on recruitment.
Voting is continuing in Ghana, where people have been electing a new president and parliament. Polling has been extended in some areas to allow people standing in long queues to cast their ballots. Observers are expecting a tight race between the two main candidates, the incumbent President John Dramani Mahama and the opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo.
Thousands of Brazilians have been paying their final respects to the country's greatest architect, Oscar Niemeyer, who died on Wednesday at the age of 104.
Mr. Niemeyer rose to international fame for his designs in the futurist capital, Brasilia. He was laid to rest in his native Rio de Janeiro, from where Julia [Caniaro] reports.
Brazil's farewell to Oscar Niemeyer extended throughout two days of memorial services and honors paid to the country's most famous architect. Niemeyer's body has just been buried in the Sao Joao Batista Cemetery in Rio. During the day, his coffin lay in the City Hall's palace, attracting hundreds of visitors, family (and) friends and fans to pay their last respects. During his long lifetime, he designed over 600 buildings in Brazil and abroad, among them some are the 20th century's most famous modernist buildings.