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• Guess Which Jobs Are Poised for the Most Growth?
• Can Jimmy Carter's grandson lead Democrats back to power in Georgia?
• Libya's teachers on strike over worsening economy
• Nigeria's teachers under pressure over long-running strike

Guess Which Jobs Are Poised for the Most Growth? Posted: 07 Nov 2013 03:06 PM PST The position with the most growth potential is the low-paying personal care or home health aide position, which is expected to expand 21 percent to meet the growing demand created by an aging population. The new report was conducted by CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI). The U.S. workforce is expected to expand 4.4 percent from 2013 to 2015, faster than the 3.5 growth rate from 2009-2013, but lower than the pre-recession 2003-2007 period, when jobs grew 5.8 percent annually. "Barring any major shocks to the economy, the short-term job outlook in the U.S. will likely continue developments seen during the recovery – specifically, significant growth for jobs that require a college education and occupations in health care, energy and technology," said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder, in a statement.

Can Jimmy Carter's grandson lead Democrats back to power in Georgia? Posted: 07 Nov 2013 11:16 AM PST President Jimmy Carter's grandson, state Sen. Jason Carter, says he will challenge entrenched Republicans for Georgia's governorship next year, setting into motion a daring attempt by Democrats to forge a coalition of big-city liberals and African-Americans to return the historically Democratic state to its political roots. Focusing primarily on Georgia's struggling public schools, Senator Carter becomes the second Democratic political scion to attempt to shake the Republican power structure, which has become nearly set in stone since Sonny Perdue in 2003 became the state's first GOP governor since Reconstruction. Michelle Nunn, daughter of the once-powerful US Sen. Sam Nunn, is running for the US Senate seat left open by the retiring Saxby Chambliss. "What's going on now makes Georgia unique in the United States: You've got two white legacy Democrats, and they are presumed to be the way back to power for Georgia Democrats, even though the Democratic Party [in Georgia] is a majority African-American party," says Merle Black, an Emory University political scientist and author of "The Rise of Southern Republicans."

Libya's teachers on strike over worsening economy Posted: 07 Nov 2013 07:38 AM PST A Libyan official says a three-day teachers' strike to protest worsening economy and demand a pay increase has shut down 95 percent of the schools in the capital, Tripoli, and elsewhere in the country. ...

Nigeria's teachers under pressure over long-running strike Posted: 07 Nov 2013 05:34 AM PST Teaching union leaders in Nigeria are coming under mounting pressure to call off a lengthy higher education strike that has put university courses on hold for months, leaving hundreds of thousands of students in limbo. Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) walked out in July over claims that the government had failed to implement a 2009 agreement to improve their welfare and upgrade facilities on state-run campuses. But sympathy turned to anger and protests from students as talks ended in stalemate. Like many things in Nigeria, university education is polarised between the country's minority of the super-rich and influential, who are able to afford to educate their children privately, and everyone else.

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