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In Thailand, the authority seeks to reassure after the attack in Bangkok

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Des policiers sur le lieu de l'explosion, au temple Erawan, à Bangkok, en Thaïlande, le 18 août 2015.

The military junta is seeking authors of the attack and does not exclude any track. On Tuesday, a small explosive device was thrown from a bridge in Bangkok, causing no injuries.

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Syria, between evil and despair

Editorial. The bombing and blockade set up by Al-Assad have generated only more fighting, destruction and extremism.

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IndiGo Airlines a commandé 250 A320neo. Jamais Airbus n'avait enregistré une commande d'appareils aussi élevée.

IndiGo, the Indian company that bought 250 Airbus

IndiGo, which has ordered a total of 530 A320 family, Airbus may have found a Trojan horse to conquer the Indian market.

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Achat de fournitures pour la rentrée scolaire dans un supermarché à Forbach (Moselle), le 10 août.

A few days of September, the price war in supermarkets

Main witness of this competition, the indicator of the cost of school, evaluated for the 31st year by the association Familles de France, is stable.

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Meir Ettinger, 23 ans, au lendemain de son arrestation, le 4 août 2015.

The roots of the Jewish extremism in Israel, a family affair 12

Meir Ettinger, young settler arrested after an arson attack that caused the death of a child and his father, comes from a long lineage radical.

Le patron et fondateur d’Amazon, Jeff Bezos, en 2014. — Difficult working conditions at Amazon, the price of success? 20

Le siège de Netflix à Los Gatos, en Californie. — Netflix increases (discreetly) fares

Présentation des nouveaux noms de domaine génériques, le 13 juin 2012. — The US will retain the authority of the Internet regulator at least until 2016

Un entraînement de rangers de l'armée américaine, en 2002. — In the USA, two women entered the elite military corps of rangers

En 2014, le salaire moyen des dirigeants des entreprises cotées au FTSE 100 a atteint 7 millions d’euros, révèle l’association High Pay Centre. — British bosses earn 148 times the salary of their employees 22

L'inventeur chinois Tao Xiangli travaille sur le robot qu'il a fabriqué chez lui, Pékin, le 15 mai. Le robot, 2 mètres 10 pour 480 kilos, a demandé 11 mois de travail et l'équivalent de 18 934 euros. — "Encadrons the use of killer robots'

Lawrence Lessig veut modifier en profondeur le mode de financement de la vie politique américaine. — Lawrence Lessig, the icon geek who wants to run for the White House 14

pig at a pig farm on August 14, 2015 in Bourbourg, northern France. — Swine crisis but resumed trading discomfort persists

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Le massif du Tien Shan, en Asie centrale. — The Central Asian glaciers melting four times faster than average 5

Transport d'une plate-forme de forage du pétrolier Shell dans le Pacifique en avril. — Definitive agreement to drill oil and gas in the Arctic 19

Des partisans de Ranil Wickremesinghe à Colombo, au Sri Lanka, le 17 août 2015. — In Sri Lanka, the former president Rajapakse admits defeat

A l'aéroport de Sentani, en Indonésie, la liste des passagers du vol qui s'est écrasé. — The airliner disappeared in Indonesia "completely destroyed"

La maison d'Inès de La Fressange à Tarascon, le 23 juillet. — Inès de La Fressange and the "strategy of building permits Provencal" 6

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