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BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
SCIENTISTS in Queensland, Australia, have been experimenting with crustacean blood lines to breed prawne that grow faster and produce the biggest specimens; they can now produce one measuring 30cm in length and weighing more than 450g.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
RESEARCHERS in Tasmania, Australia, claim they have developed the world’s first smart car that can actually override driver error and thereby reduce road accidents.

Their full sized prototype model has 25 sensors that can monitor everything from brake pressure to suspension dynamics, steering angle and engine parameters.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
INVESTORS are being warned by the International Chamber of Commerce’s Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) to stay clear of documents promoting deals using the good name of the ICC. Fraudsters are mentioning a fake standard called the “Modified Insurance Guarantee ICC 4081” in fraudulent documents relating to bank guarantees and letters of credit to add credibility to fictitious high yield investment schemes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PORTUGAL has called for the resumption of EU funding of the International Olive Oil Council’s promotion of olive oil in non-EU countries with low demand, (including the USA, Australia and Japan). Payments were suspended over council tendering concerns.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union is joining talks at the WTO about a dispute between Australia and the Philippines over quarantine restrictions imposed by Canberra on imports of fresh fruit and vegetables, especially banana and pineapples.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER countries of the World Trade Organisation have sought to exploit the deal struck in Doha, Qatar, to strive for more comprehensive liberalisation in the ongoing agricultural round than has so far been discussed. At an informal meeting of the food trade talks, meat exporter Australia has been calling for an end to trade preferences favouring exports from developing countries, claiming that they encourage them to be dependent on a small range of uncompetitive products.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
ONTARIO-based, Sleeman Breweries has announced that it has reached an agreement with H.P. Bulmer Ltd. of Hereford, England, to handle sales and marketing for its Strongbow premium packaged and draught ciders in Canada.

Bulmer cider became available in liquor stores in Ontario, B.C…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT was telling that the first step taken by President Bush against Islamic terror groups following the World Trade Centre disaster was to freeze bank accounts. The international community has now responded by agreeing common controls to stop terror groups laundering funds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANZ Fischler has been making a lot of speeches recently. It is not because he has time on his hands, he is in charge of the European Commission’s largest two budgets, agriculture and fisheries after all. Rather it is because he is cross with the Americans, whom he accuses of playing Janus at the WTO.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
HEALTH experts have been discussing a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, (OECD), which has shown Britain performs poorly against its competitors in western Europe and north America, regarding the number of nurses employed per head of population in the late 1990’s.…