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Renault's new factory sends French workers into a spin

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Renault boss Carlos Ghosn and Morocco's King Mohammed VI opened the carmaker's new factory near Tangiers on Thursday with great ceremony. The plant will have an initial capacity of 170,000 vehicles, expected eventually to reach 400,000. Yet the partly state-owned Renault has faced a storm of criticism over the project, seen by some in France as denying French workers jobs that were rightfully theirs.

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Chirac campaigns against counterfeit drugs
12/10/2009 - BENIN

Chirac campaigns against counterfeit drugs

Travelling to Benin, former French president Jacques Chirac called on governments around the world to join the fight against fake medication. In some developing countries, one in four drugs are counterfeit and potentially dangerous.
Benin declares war on fake medicine
12/10/2009 - BENIN

Benin declares war on fake medicine

According to UN's Health body, one medicine in four in the developing world could be fake. In Cotonou hospital, in the southern Beninese city, one person dies due to counterfeit drugs per day.
Activists fighting to abolish the death penalty
09/10/2009 - JAPAN

Activists fighting to abolish the death penalty

In Japan, hangings are still legal, but the new justice minister, Keiko Chiba, is an opponent of the country's system.
08/10/2009 - FRANCE

The dark side of French management

France, with its 35-hour work week and generous unemployment benefits, has recently seen a spate of suicides of employees of France Telecom, which is undergoing restructuring.
HONDURAS
Honduran media join the fray
As diplomats from across the Americas step up efforts to resolve the standoff between interim leader Roberto Micheletti and ousted President Manuel Zelaya, Honduran media have made it clear who they are rooting for.

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