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General view of the Goodyear tyres factory in Amiens, northern France, January 31, 2013. U.S. tyre maker Goodyear is preparing to close a French plant employing 1,250 workers near the northern city
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers demonstrate in front of the group's headquarters in Rueil Malmaison, France on February 12, 2013, at the time of an extraordinary central works council on the plan
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