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World Service,10 Sep 2013,28 mins

The Trade in Chemical Weapons

World Business Report

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How has Syria managed to amass chemical weapons banned under international agreement? We discuss the call for governments to do more to stop countries like Syria developing an arsenal. As public sector workers strike again in France, we find out just how big the pension black hole is. Plus, World Business Report's Mark Whitaker has been in the hi-tech hub of Bangalore and he has been looking at the impact the faltering economy and currency are having on the people there.

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