The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 21, 2008 UN: Global Economic Crisis Will Leave 20 Million More Unemployed ---------------------------------------------------------------- The United Nations is estimating the global financial crisis will add at least 20 million people to the world’s unemployed. The International Labor Organization reports this will bring the global total to more than 200 million for the first time in a decade. .