German jobless queue shrinks to post-unification low

Unemployment in Germany fell to its lowest level since East and West Germany reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall, as Europe's top economy continues to recover, data showed on Tuesday. The unemployment rate -- which measures the jobless total against the working population as a whole -- fell to 6.1 percent in May from 6.2 percent in April, the federal labour office said in a statement. In numerical terms, the number of people registered as unemployed in Germany declined by 11,000, while ec