Peugeot recalls 40,000 cars French carmaker
Peugeot is recalling more than 40,000 vehicles of its 206 model from European and worldwide markets over an airbag problem, the company announced on Sunday. "All these vehicles will be recalled. The process is already underway in some countries," a Peugeot spokesman told AFP. The company said in a statement that it would be recalling a total of 40,962 vehicles produced between June 1999 and March 2000 because of a problem with the lateral (side) airbag which caused it to inflate without reason. The fault in no way affected the function of the airbag during an impact or collision, the spokesman said. The German weekly magazine Focus reported in its issue to be published on Monday that the French car maker had recalled some 6,800 cars sold in Germany after airbags inflated in mid-journey for no reason. CNN Web venture to form alliances
Global media giant CNN said on Sunday it is identifying prospective partners in India to source local content for its internet venture 'CNN interactive' as part of its strategy to enter various Asian markets. "We have started identifying local internet contentproducers for entering into alliances so that we can source quality content from the Indian market", Bruce Dover, Managing Editor of CNN interactive told PTI.Dover, who joined CNN from Newscorp last month to headthe Asian operations of CNN Interactive, said that the venture would source Indian content primarily from its parent company CNN's South Asian news gatherings."However, we would look for alliances for sourcing aswell as exchange of content in India," he said, adding, "we are looking for exchange of content as CNN is rich with international content." "We would select the partners carefully," he said.
Medicine Nobel prize to be out on Oct 9
The Nobel Foundation has set the dates to announce the winners of this year's prestigious prizes. The winner of the prize for physiology or medicine willbe named on Oct. 9; physics and chemistry will be named on Oct.
10; and the winner for economics will be named on Oct. 11, according to the foundation's Web site. The peace prize laureate - the only one awarded in Oslo, Norway - will be announced on Oct. 13. In keeping with tradition, the Swedish Academy will give the date for the announcement of the literature prize later. This year's prizes are worth 9 million kronor ($968,000). The Nobel Prizes are always presented on the Dec. 10 anniversary of the death of their creator, Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist. The first awards ceremony took place in 1901.
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