Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:10:05 +0100 (Reuters) - Newly elected Harrisburg treasurer John Campbell walks through the treasury office area at the municipal building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, January 18, 2012. In the battle to repair the tattered finances of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, residents have turned to an unlikely city treasurer: a 23-year-old college student. Campbell won a primary election last spring and faced little opposition in November's general election. On January 3 he was sworn in as treasurer, a position responsible for collecting taxes and other fees as well as investing what little money the city has. The Keystone State's capital city faces a $317 million debt that accumulated after a municipal incinerator was repaired and retrofitted in 2003. After Harrisburg's attempt to file bankruptcy was rejected by a judge last fall, Pennsylvania's governor installed a receiver that has sole authority over how tax dollars are spent. Picture taken January 18, 2012. To match Feature HARRISBURG-CAMPBELL/ REUTERS/Tim Shaffer (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
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Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:30:01 +0100 (Reuters) - A labourer talks on his mobile phone as he sits beside his tools while waiting for work along a roadside in Karachi January 15, 2012. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Labourers work at a yarn weaving plant of the Ha Nam textile company in Phu Ly city, about 60 km (37 miles) south of Hanoi January 4, 2012. Vietnam's export of textiles and garments last year jumped 25 percent from 2010 to $14.03 billion, making it the biggest export item of the country, government statistics show. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS TEXTILE)
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Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A Palestinian labourer holds a broomstick broken after scuffles between members of the Armenian and Greek Orthodox clergy erupted during a clean-up of the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 28, 2011. The annual Christmas cleaning of the church ahead of Orthodox Christmas turned into scuffles on Wednesday between the rival Christian clerics zealously guarding denominational turf at the holy site. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)
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Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A labourer fixes rebar poles at a construction site in Suining, Sichuan province December 15, 2011. China pledged to guarantee growth in the face of an "extremely grim" outlook for the global economy in 2012, rounding off its annual policy-setting conference on Wednesday with a series of commitments to deliver economic stability. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
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