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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MASS vaccination campaign against bird flu might result from the ongoing outbreak in Asia, with the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) moving away from a pure pro-culling policy. Following meetings with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Office International des Épizooties on animal health the FAO said that a targeted vaccination campaign in heavily affected countries maybe required.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL meeting of healthcare associations at the World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed a code of conduct calling on doctors to not only advise patients to quit smoking, but to give up tobacco themselves. “Studies show that even brief counselling by health professionals on the dangers of smoking is one of the most cost-effective methods of reducing” tobacco use, said the WHO.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
FOLLOWING this month’s accession of Malta to the 1996 Protocol of the 1976 International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC), the amounts of compensation for maritime claims for loss of life or personal injury, and property claims, will be sharply increased from May this year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MASS vaccination campaign against bird flu might result from the ongoing outbreak in Asia, with the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) moving away from a pro-culling policy. Following meetings with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Office International des Épizooties on animal health the FAO said that a targeted vaccination campaign in heavily affected countries maybe required.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FIFTY years after the turn of the tide in the Second World War, the European Parliament is calling for the creation of a comprehensive international legal system to identify the whereabouts of artworks looted by the Nazis, fairly settling ownership and compensation claims.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL study involving 40 research facilities is trying to discover whether there is one key cause of all degenerative neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. The APOPIS (abnormal proteins in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders) project has received Euro 9 million in European Union research funding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN EU-supported research scheme has developed practical guidelines on recycling waste from 19 food production processes. AWARENET worked out technical solutions for recycling its oils, sugars, vitamins, colorants and antioxidants. *http://ica.cordis.lu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.simpledocument&PJ_RCN=5059864&CFID=58430&CFTOKEN=21966306…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE US government has been urged to further tighten safeguards on meat and animal feed by an independent international panel, made up of five scientists from Europe, New Zealand and the United States. It has recommended that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) test all high-risk cattle, such as those that die on farms or are too ill to walk, and also do random sampling of healthy cattle more than 30 months old.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW International Maritime Organisation convention will – upon ratification – tell ships to better manage ballast water releases, preventing transported species escaping into alien waters where they may cause ecological havoc. Ships would also record ballast water collection.…

BY MARK ROWE
IN tough economic times, an industry has to sell itself harder. It is no surprise, then, that if you glance at the websites of Singapore’s leading paint companies, you will see plenty of buzzwords such as “technology”, “improvement” and “development”.…