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data released on Wednesday showed private employers shed 693,000 jobs in December, far more than expected and up sharply from the 476,000 jobs lost in November."(The poll) suggests there is going to be a strong return to bread and butter issues, especially job creation and job-related programs and it suggests in respect to the economy greater government intervention," Young said.Some 35 percent of those polled were equally concerned about poverty and social inequality or crime and violence, making it the No. 2 issue, while 31 percent feared corruption and financial or political scandals.In October 2007, crime and violence was the top issue, followed by poverty and social inequality, and corruption and financial or political scandals.MORE JOBS CONCERNS FORECASTIpsos polled people in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, India, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.The 22 countries make up 75 percent of the world's gross domestic product.When the poll is broken down, unemployment is the top concern for North Americans, Europeans, the Asia Pacific and the Group of Eight industrialized nations the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Japan and Russia.In Latin America, crime and violence far outweighs unemployment as an issue, with 68 percent worried about the former and just 38 percent anxious about the latter."Crime in Latin America is the No 1 issue and has been (for a long time)," Young said. "That (issue) becomes more salient because as things get bad and prices go up and people lose their jobs, people turn to crime."In the emerging economic powers of Brazil, Russia, India and China known as the BRICs corruption and financial or political scandals are the top concern Unemployment and jobs comes in at No. 4."On the jobs issue, the slowdowns are just hitting the BRICs right now, so what we would expect in the next survey is a tick up in the jobs and unemployment issue. The results are then balanced by age, gender, city population and education levels.

The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.(Editing by Mark Egan and Xavier Briand) China Russia Economy. Federal Employee Union Confident Daschle Will Seek Expanded Coverage,AffordabilityWASHINGTON, Jan. "President Obama's selection of Daschle proves he is committed to makinghealth care reform one of the top priorities of his administration," AFGENational President John Gage said. "Senator Daschle will lead theadministration's health care reform push and oversee the new White HouseOffice of Health Reform That's a tremendous and sobering task. We know he hasthe experience, knowledge and tenacity to get the job done."More than eight million active and retired government employees and theirdependents are covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program,making it the largest employer-sponsored health insurance plan in the nation."Average premiums have increased by more than 60 percent in the past sevenyears, a rate much faster than the average growth rate of national health carecosts.Plan participants also have to pay more out-of-pocket costs andseveral popular plans have been terminated," added Gage.

"AFGE is ready towork closely with Senator Daschle to expand health coverage and make healthcare affordable for all Americans."AFGE is the largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers inthe federal government and the government of the District of Columbia. SOURCEAmerican Federation of Government EmployeesMichael Victorian or Enid Doggett, both of American Federation of GovernmentEmployees, 1-202-639-6419. Go Green to Save Green in 2009HERNDON, Va., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ Northern Virginia residents will be ableto take another step toward reducing their carbon footprint on Saturday, Jan.17, from 10 a.m to 2 p.m at Cox Communications' electronic recycling event. The free event will be held at Cox's Northern Virginia headquarters located at3080 Centreville Road in Herndon, Va.(Logo: http:// )The event, part of the company's Cox Conserves initiative, provides anopportunity for the public to recycle electronic devices in an environmentallyresponsible way.

"As an industry leader, Cox is committed to proactively helping to reduce thelocal carbon footprint," said Peter West, vice president of informationtechnology and operational development."We're hosting this event to offerthe public an environmentally responsible alternative for discarding outdatedelectronics."According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 82 percent of the 2.25million tons of televisions, cell phones and computer products generated inthe last two years ended up in landfills. Cox wants to help reduce thatnumber."We're part of the Northern Virginia community so it's important that we doour part to protect the environment for our customers, employees and theirfamilies," noted West."Whether it's through conservation efforts likeincorporating hybrid fleet vehicles and implementing a network of CoxConserves ambassadors to identify green opportunities, or by offering online,paperless bill options or hosting a free electronic recycling event, we'regoing green to help enhance the community."Consumers who may have purchased or received electronic equipment over theholidays, including high-definition televisions in preparation for theupcoming digital transition, or have older equipment that they may not haveknown how to properly discard, will be able to take advantage of this specialCox event.The Jan. The third-largest cable television company in the UnitedStates, Cox offers an array of advanced digital video, high-speed Internet andtelephony services over its own nationwide IP network, as well as integratedwireless services in affiliation with Sprint. Cox Business Services is afull-service, facilities-based provider of communications solutions forcommercial customers, providing high-speed Internet, voice and long distanceservices, as well as data and video transport services for small tolarge-sized businesses. Cox Media offers national and local cable advertisingin traditional spot and new media formats, along with promotionalopportunities and production services.