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October 24, 2015

VW's 'dieselgate' puts spotlight on electric cars in Germany
Frankfurt (AFP) Oct 21, 2015
The pollution-cheating scandal that has engulfed auto giant Volkswagen is turning up the heat on the German government to make more determined headway in its self-declared "electromobility" goals, analysts say. The "bitter irony" of the scam that has rocked the automobile sector around the world and plunged the once-respected carmaker into its deepest-ever crisis is that the billions of euros VW could potentially face in fines "could have been used to finance an entire electric car programme," comp ... read more

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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe wins Confucius Peace Prize

'Worst haze in a decade' blankets S. Thailand

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Taking dinosaur temperatures with eggshells

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