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The story of Levi Strauss in France

Moulinex's bankruptcy on 7 September is only the latest in a series of many restructurings – Danone, Péchiney, Marks & Spencer, AOM-Air Liberté, etc. – leading to massive redundancies. Faced with companies that want to improve already large profits, the government has shown its weakness. One example is the closure of the Levi Strauss plant at Lens in northern France.
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Globalization, resistance, knowledge

"Another world is possible". It is the title of a new anthology from the publisher October that gives arguments to those who want to change neoliberal capitalism.
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- Anthrax no threat

"Anthrax is not a threat to Norway," says Bjørn Petter Berdal, head of research at the Defense Microbiological Lab in Oslo.
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History of biological weapons

At least 80 people died in 1979 when an accident in the Soviet Union led to anthrax emissions from a weapons factory.
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The Vietnam War could still be there

Bombs and rockets still light up in the night sky above Kabul and Kandahar – and on TV screens across the globe. Every new bomb can kill innocents, every new rocket can create new terrorists. We know this, and this we find ourselves in – if we do nothing.
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Bergen KrFU disagrees with the leader

Christian League Party Youth's local team in Bergen does not support the organization's leader David Hansen's support for the US attack on Afghanistan.
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The story of a promoted father murder

When the community's rabidists could no longer touch a finger without the advertisement cutting off the sharp nails, the fight against brand builders began.
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FRP – almost in government

On Wednesday this week, it became clear that Jens Stoltenberg will join Thorbjørn Jagland in the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Prime Minister's chair leaves Stoltenberg to Kjell Magne Bondevik. How long the Bondevik government will remain in office is unclear, but what ...
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Competition for the most part

More power to the Competition Authority and increased use of tenders. The Bondevik government will allow market forces to freer play – also in cultural life.
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