| (EFE).- The U.S. Congress approved on Friday a 10-month extension of the payroll tax cut and federal unemployment benefits. The
bipartisan measure, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote
of 293-132 and prevailed in the Senate by 60 votes to 36, goes now to
President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign the bill as soon as he
returns to Washington from campaign events on the West Coast.
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| (EFE).- State-owned mining giant Codelco produced 1.74 million
metric tons of copper last year, or 33.1 percent of Chile's total output
of the red metal. According to figures released by the state-run
Chilean Copper Commission, or Cochilco, that total is sharply higher
than the 1.4 million metric tons Codelco produced in 2008, when it
accounted for 27.5 percent of the total.
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| Tucson, Arizona, Feb 17 (EFE).- Undocumented immigrants in New Mexico
still have the right to get driver's licenses, after Republican Gov.
Susana Martinez failed for a third time to repeal the 2003 law
authorizing the issuance of licenses to people without Social Security
numbers. The state legislature ended its session Thursday rejecting a bill to undo the 2003 measure.
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| Washington, Feb 16 (EFE).- The number of people filing applications
for unemployment benefits fell last week by 13,000 to 348,000, their
lowest level since March 2008, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. The
rolling four-week average of unemployment claims, which is thought to
better reflect underlying trends, dropped 1,750 to 365,000.
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