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In Gaza, Hamas to Launch New Job-Creation Program

Hamas is trying to address soaring youth unemployment in Gaza with a new job-creation program targeting university graduates, Rami Almeghari reports.
Palestinians register for jobs at a Gaza trade union office in Gaza City October 24, 2011. Some 5,000 unemployed Palestinians have registered over the past week at the Gaza trade union office for jobs they hope will materialise in post-Gaddafi Libya, local labour officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - RTR2T4LF

Ali Mansour owns a small café in central Gaza Strip, selling beverages to mostly young customers, including jobless university graduates.

Mansour, 24, graduated as a medical secretary from a local university three years ago. His life remained idle, with no prospects of a job in his field, until he managed to open his small café in his neighborhood of Maghazi.

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