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Car converter Brabus offers an office-within-a-car

by Giles Broom

March 5, 2010 | 10:40

At the luxury end of the Geneva Motor Show, German company Brabus provides state-of-the-art bespoke vehicles tailored for the most demanding customer. The company's Sven Gramm gives Swisster a guided tour around the interior of a mobile office.

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Society
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American psychologist, Professor Elizabeth F. Loftus gives a public lecture in English at Geneva University on Tuesday concerning her extensive research on how the misinformation effect and nature of false...

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