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IP PROTOCOL



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Telecommunication Union is developing global standards for an Internet telephone protocol, allowing a single number to access many types of terminals and services, including phones, faxes, e-mails, pagers, mobiles and websites, at home, at work or while roaming.…

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PIRATE PROSECUTION



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Bureau has made a public appeal to the Indonesian government to prosecute pirates who were seized earlier this year, but who have yet to face charges in court. The IMB, which is part of the International Chamber of Commerce, is concerned that the pirates may be treated leniently.…

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IAEA CONFERENCE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency’s general conference has agreed that a “thorough review of its programmes… to enhance security of nuclear material and facilities,” following the terrorist attacks on the USA.

IAEA director general Mohamed ElBaradei said: “We can not be complacent.…

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EU-RUSSIA



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has signed an agreement with Russia on space research cooperation. EU research commissioner Phillipe Busquin and Russian space agency director general Youri Koptiev agreed a joint document on the Euro-Russian Space Partnership. The deal focuses on mutual assistance in the development of satellite navigation systems such as Galileo and Glonass, Brussels’ “global monitoring for environment and security” (GMES) initiative and launch services, notably the launch of Soyuz rockets from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.…

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NEW OZONE THREATS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
IF evidence were needed to illustrate how the protection of the environment is an ongoing struggle requiring constant vigilance, then campaigners should point to the recent warnings from the United Nations Environment Programme, (UNEP), about new threats to the ozone layer.…

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ICAO



BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is planning to strengthen current aviation security standards in place, in response to terrorist attacks, which occurred in the United States. A high level meeting will take place before the New Year to discuss setting global rules on security issues such as cockpit door locking and making domestic regulations as tight as international flights.…

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AUSTRALIA WTO



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE AUSTRALIAN government has issued the most comprehensive formal proposal favouring the liberalisation of the shipping industry yet made in the ongoing World Trade Organisation round on services.

Its paper said: “Significant barriers to trade and investment in maritime transport services still exist in many member economies.…

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LIVE TRANSPORTS



KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH hauliers may not in future find themselves at such a competitive disadvantage with eastern European competitors regarding the commercial transport of animals, because of a planned updating to a Council of Europe welfare convention.

Its commitments apply to countries both outside and within the European Union, where hauliers already have to comply with expensive rules on trailer standards, journey times, rest periods and the watering and feeding of livestock.…

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TUBERCULOSIS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GLOBAL plan to halt the spread of tuberculosis has been launched by a coalition of international groups, including the World Bank and the World Health Organisation; it has already appealed to national governments to pledge substantial funds.…

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EU ROUND UP



KEITH NUTHALL
IT is common knowledge that the European Union is becoming increasingly involved in public water policy, legislating to control the environmental quality of water supplies and watercourses. Brussels ambitions to improve water services do not, however, end at the external borders of the EU.…

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