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World Service,18 Dec 2013,28 mins

Taking on Europe's Air Pollution Problem

World Business Report

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Politicians in Brussels unveil draft laws to fix European air pollution. And, the US Central Bank decides whether to stop pumping trillions of dollars into the American economy. There are plans for a posthumous addition to the bestselling Stieg Larsson crime novels – The Millenium Series – so we ask if publishers are simply running out of ideas. Also, Google introduces a new feature to its hi-tech spectacles - the feature that allows a picture to be taken by winking. (Photo: Smoke belows out of industrial chimneys into a smoggy sky: Credit: Getty Images)

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