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STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

A GROUNDBREAKING business plan of chemical leasing, designed to stop manufacturers over-purchasing potentially dangerous substances, is being promoted in developing and emerging market countries by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). It is working with the Austrian government to introduce the system, which leaves suppliers owning their chemicals, leasing them as a service, rather than selling them as goods.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa

CANADIAN scientists have confirmed a hybrid bear born of a grizzly bear and a polar bear was recently killed by a sports-hunter in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT). The bear was a creamy polar bear colour but also had long claws, a humped back, shallow face and brown patches around its eyes and nose: grizzly traits.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) has called for a swift resolution to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute launched by the United States and the European Union (EU) over Chinese restrictions on car parts imports. In unusual cooperation, Washington DC and Brussels are combining forces against Beijing.…

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THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has launched a new standard designed to advise component-makers and auto assemblers on designing and fitting tire pressure sensors, to best warn drivers of blow-out risks. These occur generally when tires are under-inflated, something that drivers can easily miss, and are a common cause of accidents.…

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THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has issued guidelines on the packaging of pharmaceuticals, covering all primary packaging materials, including glass, rubber, plastic, aluminium, and others. Its official global standard ISO 15378:2006, ‘Primary packaging materials for medicinal products’ contains good manufacturing practices on quality control and assurance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EU has launched disputes proceedings at the WTO with Mexico over countervailing duties it levies on European Union olive oil exports. The EU says these break WTO global trading rules.

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THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has launched a new standard designed to advise component-makers and auto assemblers on designing and fitting tire pressure sensors, to best warn drivers of blow-out risks. These occur generally when tires are under-inflated, something that drivers can easily miss, and are a common cause of accidents.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

India – US$692 billion economy, 10th largest in the world and growing at 8% annually – has finally put an official anti-money laundering public organisation in place. Its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), as required by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act-2002 (PMLA), which came into force in July 2005, has become fully operational.…

BY KENCHO WANGDI, in Thimphu, Bhutan

WHAT is happiness, really? In conventional development theory, it equals money and prosperity, as measured by GNP (Gross National Product).

But Bhutan, the famously remote and beautiful Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas, has been trying out a different concept.…

STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is pressing for the continuation of existing international noise regulations governing whether a new car model is approved by industry regulators, while data is amassed on a proposed replacement rule. The move represents an unusual spat between rule makers for the auto industry, with the Commission publicly criticising the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) section on world-wide auto technical standards.…