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Children of immigrants struggle to find their place
A report published on Wednesday by the French national statistics office INSEE has cast light on the difficulties of children of immigrants in France. Nine out of ten members of this second generation say they do feel French. Yet the report showed that they also have a much tougher time finding work than people whose parents were born in France.
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.
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.
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.
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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