PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - The unemployment rate in Mauritius fell to 7.2 percent in 2008 from 8.5 percent in the previous year, the country's statistics office said on Wednesday. "Unemployment decreased by 6,400 from 46,800 in 2007 to 40,400 in 2008," Central Statistics Office said in a statement. Employment on the Indian Ocean island of 1.3 million people increased by 16,900 to 519,000 in 2008 from 502,100 in 2007. Finance Minister Rama Sithanen says a $326 million stimulus package passed last year has helped save 1,700 jobs in Mauritius' export sector. | 
