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Government unconvinced by car scrapping schemes Friday, 6 Feb 2009

LONDON (Reuters) - The government is studying car scrapping schemes introduced in other European countries to boost demand for new models but is not certain they would work, a spokesman for Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Friday.  Full Article

 
S.African car sector seeks support package Friday, 6 Feb 2009 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African auto industry has approached the government for loans to help curb job losses as it struggles with a domestic and global economic downturn, industry representatives said on Friday.  Full Article 

Portraits of the Congo conflict 

Reuters photographer Finbarr O'Reilly has spent time photographing the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A look at the faces of the conflict, from the soldiers to the refugees.  
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