News from elsewhere on the web (05 Oct 2009)

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Skellerup rights issue is successful NBR (New Zealand)

Ireland shamed for 'danger tyres' Irish Independent (Ireland)

Pirelli UK to close final salary pension scheme News & Star (UK - carlisle)

Vinod Sekhar's £8m gift to University of St Andrews in limbo Times Online (UK - Scotland)

Die Situation bleibt angespannt Harburger Zeitung (Germany)

Further staff reductions and short- working inHarburg (Vibracoustic, Harburg-Freudenberger ) Above story auto-translated into English (from German)

FG Raises Tariff On Imported Tyres To 40% Leadership Nigeria (Nigeria)

Rare greenery breathes fresh air into heavily polluted city Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

Government assists rubber projects in Laos and Cambodia Voice of Vietnam (Vietnam)

Rubber Centenary celebration in Kamburupitiya postponed The Nation (Sri Lanka)

Tires Q&A: Run-flat tires for Corvette? Consumer Reports (US)

Residents warned over tyre blaze BBC (UK - Northern Ireland)

Pirelli calendar may soon be banned from firm's Carlisle factory News & Star (UK - Carlisle)