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Can the BRICS save Europe?
23/09/2011 - WORLD ECONOMY

Can the BRICS save Europe?

Meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly are the BRICS nations. That's the group of five emerging global economies made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Ahead of the meeting, Brazil's President Rousseff made it clear that her country wants to help bail out some of Europe's most debt-stricken governments. But will the other BRICS nations agree?
Mediator: the scandal that's rocked the drug world
07/09/2011 - FRANCE

Mediator: the scandal that's rocked the drug world

The Mediator affair continues to haunt France's second largest pharmaceutical, Servier. New revelations allege that the company falsified documents to get the pill marketed as a diabetic drug although they were aware of its appetite-suppressant qualities. Mediator was pulled off the shelves in 2009 by French health authorities amid concerns that it had fatal side-effects. We take a closer look at the latest developments.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn tries to repair his public image
06/09/2011 - FRANCE

Dominique Strauss-Kahn tries to repair his public image

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is back in Paris. The man known as 'DSK' has been in New York for nearly 4 months, held there by attempted rape and sexual assault charges that have now been dropped. However, the damage to his public image has been severe. He's already resigned his top job at the IMF and he's no longer the darling of the French Socialist Party. We look at DSK's long road to repair his reputation.
A Greek Tragedy
01/09/2011 - Greece

A Greek Tragedy

The Greek financial drama continues to blaze. Now, an internal parliamentary watchdog has called the country's deficit "out of control". The comments have angered Greece's financial minister who's already under pressure after a visit from EU and IMF auditors. We take a closer look at this latest twist to the ongoing Greek tragedy.
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Tantrums over textbooks: 'gender theory' sparks controversy
31/08/2011 - FRANCE

Tantrums over textbooks: 'gender theory' sparks controversy

The school year is about to kick off here in France, but even before it starts there's been a furious response from 80 MPs to a new science textbook. The lawmakers, all from Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party, want the book pulled from the shelves because they say it includes a controversial paragraph about gender theory. We took a look at what's behind their outrage.
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