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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s foreign ministers have warned in a tough joint statement that the EU’s relationship and cooperation with Iran would be “reviewed” if its government did not agree to an enhanced nuclear inspections protocol as required by the International Atomic Energy Agency.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE SOUTH African national oil and gas agency, PetroSA, its PetroWorld joint-venture partner Transworld Exploration, plus Foster Wheeler Power Systems, Starchem Technologies International and Waller Marine will jointly develop a US$700 million fuel-grade methanol plant: output 12,000-15,000 tonnes a day.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEWLY re-named international Aquatic Animal Heath Standards Commission (formerly the Fish Diseases Commission) has warned of an outbreak of infectious haematopoietic necrosis amongst farmed trout in Austria. So far 3,500 fish have died or been culled at a farm in Salzburg province, with the commission saying 8,400 fish are vulnerable to exposure, it said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation of the World Bank is lending US$15 million’s worth of Indian rupees to sugar company Balrampur Chini Mills Limited, partially financing the construction of a new integrated greenfield sugar mill, processing 4,000 tons of cane a day, in Haidergarh, Uttar Pradesh.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOOT and Mouth Disease has broken out in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East province, an area of the country free of FMD since 1989 and from where farms have been allowed to export their beef. The Organisation International des Épizooties has reported 485 cases.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation, of the World Bank, is lending US$22 million loan to a Chinese pork producer. The Jilin Huazheng Agricultural Development Company Ltd will increase its pig breeding farms, upgrade slaughtering capacity, and build a new processing plant for ready-to-eat packaged meats.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAI farmers of black tiger prawns have launched a series of protests across the country calling for a ban on cheap imports of prawns from neighbouring countries. The farmers are angry that the prawns are simply processed and re-exported, undercutting their own market in the process.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Group for Anti-Corruption Coordination (IGAC) has been created by a conference staged by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The new body will be a clearing-house for good practice and intelligence on corruption, to be shared with other UN agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations concerned with fighting corruption.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally asked EU ministers to approve a new protocol to the Paris Convention on international nuclear insurance, allowing a significant extension of cover via a tough hike in the third party liability of power stations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has declared itself well satisfied with the results of the World Radiocommunication Conference, staged by the International Telecommunications Union, which it says has allocated enough spectrum to allow the efficient roll-out of new wireless and broadband comms systems.…