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BY KEITH NUTHALL
MYSTERIOUS species, which could provide the cure cancer, might be wiped-out by researchers exploring for unknown life in deep seas unit by the sun, the United Nations University is warning. A study has called for international rules on bio-prospecting, so high-tech submarines do not damage sensitive eco-systems that are barely understood.…

BY MARK ROWE
INSURERS have given a cautious welcome to a European Parliament directive intended to bolster port security across the continent, and which will see airport-style check-in procedures for ferry passengers and an expansion of the area around ports where security must be applied.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
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THE TREATMENT of HIV/AIDS victims in developing countries with combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased dramatically over the last two years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has claimed. In a new report, it said this more than doubled from December 2003, when 400,000 poor country citizens were being treated, to one million in June 2005.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH and Swedish governments are being targeted for legal action over alleged insurance legislation infringements in European Commission’s regular summer round of litigation. It is formally threatening Ireland with a referral to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over national rules preventing the payment of any compensation, whatever the circumstances, from the Irish Insurance Bureau to drivers in an accident where all vehicles involved are uninsured.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) says there remain “serious deficiencies” in a number of airports in Algeria yet to be eliminated under its safety certification process “owing to the difficulties encountered during field-works.” These assessments were begun in October 2002 and have been “proving too heavy” to complete, ICAO officials told Janes Airport Review.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BELGIAN government has lost an attempt to charge tobacco manufacturers and shippers VAT on cigarettes stolen before they can be shipped from a warehouse to a distributor or retailer. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that under the European Union’s (EU) sixth VAT directive, EU member states cannot charge VAT on stolen tobacco goods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN still suffers from comparatively high rates of industrial action compared with its European Union (EU) competitors, according to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The EU agency says that whilst the UK lost 904,900 working days through strikes in 2004, Germany lost just 50,673, and the Netherlands 15,000 (in 2003).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is to lend US$24 million to Vinccler, a Venezuelan oil and gas exploration/production company. A wholly owned subsidiary of Petrofalcon, it will use the money to increase production and stage technical tests.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, has warned of an outbreak of classical swine fever in South Africa. It says 1,048 Landrace breed pigs have so far been destroyed in Worcester, in Western Cape province, in an outbreak affecting 6,500 animals confirmed by Pretoria’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) agency has set up a bio-fuels initiative to encourage the production of such alternative fuels in developing countries. An international group of experts will help develop manufacturing plants and technology, advising on handling biofuel exports.…