SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Stage set for key advances

Continuing advances in technology, particularly in medicine and information technology, promise...

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RUSSIA: Business shows a socially responsible face

The board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) yesterday urged big...

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The Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) concluded their ninth environmental summit on...

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Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development...

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Two votes short of approval, the Republican leadership decided this week to abandon attempts to...

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More than half the states have now passed legislation addressing global warming. Meanwhile, a...

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Three major developments for nuclear power in the EU will take place in 2004. Firstly,...

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The International Labour Organisation estimates that 13 million people are directly involved in...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder held one of their...

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The government's decision to authorise the use of genetically modified soya for a limited period...

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