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Missing parts

AUTOMOBILES: Japan's disasters caused a number of car factories to close. A few are beginning production again, but their stoppages have started a ripple effect.

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This week, we look at media comment on Germany’s decision to buy data stolen from Swiss banks, at the victory of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine’s presidential election, and at Toyota’s faulty cars.

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Dents, bumps, muffles and polish!

The media are making use of the Toyota scandal for wordplays in their headlines, using vocabulary normally used to talk about cars and roads. Here are just a few of them.

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Detroit goes begging

The American car industry wants help from the government. Yet foreign car firms are doing well despite the financial crisis. Have they made better business decisions?

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