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BY ALAN OSBORN
IT is an odd and depressing fact that employees who expose corruption, negligence and other malpractices in their work-place usually end up more reviled and outcast than those actually responsible for the wrong-doing in the first place. The institutions of the European Union offer excellent case studies in this regard.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A POLITICAL battle is brewing between the European Union (EU) insurance industry and the European Parliament over a safety net law defining the minimum cover that must be offered by insurers selling compulsory motoring policies, which are required by national laws.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE US$5 million second phase of the Dikulushi copper-silver mine, in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to start soon, by the second week in November, according to Bill Turner, managing director of Australia’s Anvil Mining. He said that the new phase would extend the life span of the mine by another five years allowing the mine to produce 42 million pounds of copper and 1.8 million ounces of silver.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL in Paris, ALAN OSBORN in London, MARK ROWE in Singapore, ED PETERS and DON GASPER in Hong Kong, RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane and ALEX SMAILES in Port of Spain.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THERE are many sights that one can rely on seeing in Paris every day. Patrons lining up at bakeries for fresh baguettes, traffic-filled streets choked amongst stunning architecture, perfectly lit River Seine views and busy cafes packed with people sitting, side-by-side, sipping over-priced drinks while watching other people walk by.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has this week (Mon22/10) launched the results of a programme of studies into the health problems caused by indoor pollutants, with paints and coatings named as prime sources. Releasing the reports at the opening of the 13th annual conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, at Stresa, Italy, the centre said its data revealed “insights into potential causes of acute indoor symptoms such as allergies, asthma, mucous irritation, headaches and tiredness.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission wants to widen the scope of European Union (EU) legislation limiting the taxation of dividends paid by subsidiaries to parent companies in a general overhaul of company taxation systems, which it says have “failed to keep up with developments such as globalisation, economic integration in the internal market and economic and monetary union.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE scheme to boost the efficiency and fairness of the Philippines’ judicial system is to receive a US$21.9 million World Bank loan. The money will help finance a Filipino Supreme Court’s judicial reform programme, improving a judiciary that has, said the bank, suffered from caseload “delays, corruption, weak administrative structures, outdated technology and deficient facilities, and underdeveloped human resources.”…

BY Alan Osborn
Top level plans drawn up for the future of Europe aren’t green enough says an informal coalition of eight leading environmental organisations. The group has strongly challenged the constitutional blueprint for the future of the EU set out by the European Convention (composed of governments, parliaments, EU institutions, academics and others) and has proposed significant changes in the detail as well as the overall thrust of the text.…

BY PHILIP FINE

FOOD production always starts with the farmer. It’s a truism that we all know, but sometimes needs restating; the desires of the consumer, often fed by the marketing acumen of the retailer, guide primary producers as to how, what and how much to plant and breed.…