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		<title>The Brandt Household Appliances Group Placed in Liquidation, 700 Jobs Lost</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The courts declared this Thursday the liquidation of the century-old household appliances group Brandt, leading]]></description>
		
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		<title>Centre-Val-de-Loire: 128 Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus in the Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Coronavirus: The regional health agency (ARS) Centre-Val-de-Loire has updated patients affected by Covid-19 on its]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thunderstorms: 24 Departments Placed on Orange Alert</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2018/06/thunderstorms-24-departments-placed-on-orange-alert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 08:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saturday 9th June, 2018, Meteo France has placed 24 departments on orange alert for thunderstorms. These]]></description>
		
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		<title>Severe Thunderstorms: 42 Departments on Orange Alert, Record Number of Lightning Strikes in May</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2018/05/severe-thunderstorms-42-departments-on-orange-alert-record-number-of-lightning-strikes-in-may/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 14:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Wednesday, Meteo France has placed 42 departments of Aquitaine to the Grand est on]]></description>
		
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		<title>Violent Thunderstorms: 39 Departments in Orange Alert</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2018/05/violent-thunderstorms-39-departments-in-orange-alert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 05:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Wednesday morning, Meteo France has placed 39 departments from Aquitaine to the Grand Est]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snow and Ice: 28 Departments Still on Orange Alert</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2018/02/snow-ice-28-departments-till-orange-alert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The cold intensified on Tuesday and affects almost half of France, with snow and ice]]></description>
		
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		<title>Winds and Storms: A Storm in Western and Central France</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/03/winds-storms-storm-western-central-france/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2017 09:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[33 departments of the northwest to the Paris basin are now placed in orange alert]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snow and Ice Warning: 21 Departments on Orange Alert</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2017 15:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Météo France has placed 21 departments on orange alert because of freezing rain, snow and]]></description>
		
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		<title>Philips will Eliminate 230 Jobs in France</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2016/09/philips-will-eliminate-230-jobs-france/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Phillips has announced job losses at two production sites in the Ain and the Loir-et-Cher]]></description>
		
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