MADRID, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Tuesday his government would prolong a programme of benefit payments to the long-term jobless, even as it pushes through multi-billion euro spending cuts to avoid resorting to a sovereign bailout.

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