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BY KEITH NUTHALL
EURATOM has released its 2002 report on inquiries carried out by its European Commission officials tasked with checking the safety and security of nuclear installations across the European Union (EU); although the paper’s conclusions was generally satisfactory, it notes a number of problems detected that required resolution.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its updated Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, which has been strengthened in line with concerns sparked by the September 11 attacks in the USA; these revisions were approved by the IAEA Board of Governors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RISK of millions of tonnes of uranium mining waste being swept by a landslide into the populous Fergana Valley river basin in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikstan has prompted the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to redouble efforts to prevent this tragedy.…

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 KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to formally associate itself with the international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which was formed in 2002 – with the key support of Britain’s Tony Blair – to fight corruption in the natural gas, oil and mining sectors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL financial experts have concluded that the insurance industry is particularly vulnerable to being exploited by money launderers, calling for an in depth study into how organised crime is abusing the sector.

A report from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has concluded it is “necessary to better understand how and to what degree the various parts of the insurance sector could be used by money launderers.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
A LEGAL action just begun by the European Commission against France over that country’s public procurement code seems likely to bolster the determination of the UK government in its attempts to steer the Planning and Compulsory Purchase (PCP) Bill through Parliament.…

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
INITIAL results from the world’s largest ever study into whether mobile phone use causes cancer suggest that the technology is safe. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says that research carried out in Denmark, forming part of the global INTERPHONE study, has concluded: “Use of a cell phone for 10 years or more did not increase acoustic neuroma risk over that of short term users.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is considering plans to lend Belgian steel producer Arcelor Euro 125 million, to invest in a new stainless steel meltshop in Charleroi, including an electric furnace, an argon oxygen decarbonisation converter and a continuous slab casting installation.…