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BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

FUEL reprocessing, inspection schedules, civilian/military separation and unilateral moratoriums versus bilateral commitments: the list of hurdles potentially hindering the Indo-American civilian nuclear cooperation deal, pending ratification by the United States Congress, is long. Varying interpretations and last minute amendments in the deal have shaken the Indian nuclear establishment and polarised political parties, problems that could derail the whole process.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has been accused of stymieing the relaunch of the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Development Round by rejecting an Australian compromise proposal. It has suggested the EU agrees cutting its average food tariffs by 5%; the US slashes US$5 billion from its food production subsidies; and developing countries also cut duties by 5%.…

BY KEITH NOYAHR, in Colombo

THE RESUMPTION of war in Sri Lanka is bad news. Period. But, ironically, there have been some benefits. One of these is a concentrating of the mind amongst law enforcement officials within Sri Lanka and their counterparts abroad into tracking down and stopping both terrorist financing and money laundering.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD’S trade ministers will this autumn consider whether they want to restart the WTO’s Doha Development Round, which has been suspended amidst disagreement over its final food trade goals. Key players such as the USA, the EU, Australia, India and Brazil were unable in last-ditch talks to meet each other’s demand to cut food production subsidies, food tariffs and industrial duties.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SCIENTISTS from Bonn University, Germany, have staged medical trials proving that certain honeys have strong medicinal qualities. It has fused two special honeys to treat skin injuries on children whose immune systems have been weakened through cancer therapies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency (IEA) has said in its latest annual report that wind energy still only satisfies 1.2% of power demand in its 20 rich country members, although that proportion is increasing fast in some cases. It said that from 1995 to 2005, the contribution of wind power to national electricity demand rose from 0.2%, with 12 IEA members being in the European Union (EU).…

BY MONICA DOBIE

ONE-in-five car crashes are caused by driver distraction according to an Australian study published in the journal Injury Prevention. The study showed that drivers engage in a distracting activity on average once every six minutes.

Research, performed by The George Institute for International Health and the University of Western Australia, indicated that during a driving trip, 72% of drivers will display a lack of concentration, 69% will adjust in-vehicle equipment, 58% are distracted by outside events, objects or people and 40% talk to passengers.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London

EUROPEAN Union (EU) lawmakers are stepping up the development of a legally binding technical standard to ensure the safe operation of hydrogen fuel cells in road vehicles. The European Commission has begun a public consultation (which runs until September 15) on the matter, seeking to ensure that the rapid technical development of hydrogen power by automakers is not held back by safety fears and conflicting national safety rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD’S trade ministers will this August and September be considering whether they want to make further compromises that could restart the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round, which have been suspended amidst disagreement over its final goals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD’S trade ministers will this August and September be considering whether they want to make further compromises that could restart the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round, which have been suspended amidst disagreement over its final goals.…