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");document.write("	<TD style=\"background-color: #FFFFFF;\"><a href=\"http://www.finnwatch.org/news2/scripts/full-news.php?1133789220\" style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #000000; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: underline;\">Instrumentarium in Costa Rica – development or tough business?</FONT></a></TD>\
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");document.write("	<TD style=\"background-color: #FFFFFF;\"><a href=\"http://www.finnwatch.org/news2/scripts/full-news.php?1132506540\" style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #000000; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: underline;\">Nokia and its suppliers in China - case study finally in English</FONT></a></TD>\
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");document.write("	<TD style=\"background-color: #FFFFFF;\"><a href=\"http://www.finnwatch.org/news2/scripts/full-news.php?1081168680\" style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #000000; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: underline;\">FinnWatch questions Wärtsilä project\
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