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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been authorised to negotiate a cooperation agreement with China on developing peaceful uses of nuclear energy. With the decision following Beijing’s move to become involved in the international fusion energy project ITER, one of the areas of joint-effort between the European Union (EU) and China will be “controlled thermonuclear fusion.”…

BY MARK ROWE
LEADING Thai car and electrical appliance manufacturers have said they are prepared to switch to direct imports of cold-rolled steel amidst a looming shortage and expected subsequent price rise for domestic hot-rolled coils, a raw material for cold-rolled sheets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report has warned that the industrialised world’s greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade, having stabilised during the 1990’s. Based on national government projections, the paper claims combined global warming emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by eight per cent from 2000 to 2010, (17 per cent over 1990 levels), despite measures already in place to limit them.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report says the developed world greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade. Based on government projections, it claims combined emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by 8 per cent from 2000 to 2010 (17 per cent over 1990 levels).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report has warned that the industrialised world’s greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade, having stabilised during the 1990’s. Based on national government projections, the paper claims combined global warming emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by eight per cent from 2000 to 2010, (17 per cent over 1990 levels), despite measures already in place to limit them.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AGRICULTURAL economists may disagree, but predicting trends in world food markets is not necessarily rocket science. A dose of healthy common sense can be as good a guide for the future demand for commodities as any amount of slide rules and complex economic equations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA has unambiguously staked its claim to territorial rights to wide swathes of the Arctic Ocean between its northern coast and the North Pole, waters that are currently frozen for most of the year, but which may become more accessible to submarine mining thanks to global warming.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE ‘LOOTING of civilisation’ in Baghdad, with its vivid images of wanton destruction and looting inflicted upon the Iraqi national museum, was all too familiar for those who have followed events in Afghanistan. But everyone must hope the parallels stop there, for the experience of those quietly seeking to recover Afghanistan’s glorious archaeological past does not bode well for the long-term restoration of Iraq’s treasures.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report says the developed world greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade. Based on government projections, it claims combined emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by 8 per cent from 2000 to 2010 (17 per cent over 1990 levels).…

Keith Nuthall
JAPAN’S Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has announced the first increase in daily landing slots at Tokyo International Airport, Haneda, since 2000, up by 14 to 391, from July. A Nihon Keizai Shimbun report says air traffic control improvements have broadened capacity, with slots being preferentially distributed amongst new market entrants, such as Hokkaido International Airlines (Air Do) and Sky-Net Asia Airways, the remainder being provisionally earmarked for Japan Airlines System Corp and All Nippon Airways.…