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BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS a truly global criminal problem, it is only right that fighting money laundering is a key priority of the United Nations (UN). Its general assembly and key committees have made declarations and approved conventions on the subject, and its specialist agencies have also devoted time, money, specialist staff and energy to fighting the problem.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ARCTIC is experiencing “the most rapid and severe climate change on earth”, twice the rate of other regions, says an Arctic Climate Impact Assessment by the Arctic Council, representing Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA’S Liberal federal government has proposed a marine conservation bill that would increase fines to CDN$1 million for ship owners discharging oily waste into Canadian waters and grant coastguard officials more power to redirect and detain ships suspected of such illegal pollution.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ARCTIC Climate Impact Assessment by scientists from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russian, Sweden, and the USA has warned global warming-generated melts of ice and permafrost could damage oil and gas pipelines. Their stability would be threatened by thaws turning tundra into plains of mud.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AMERICAN anti-dumping duties imposed on Canadian exports to the USA of pure magnesium are under threat, after a senior North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel ruled against Washington in a long running dispute proceeding. NAFTA’s extraordinary challenge committee (ECC) dismissed an appeal against an earlier NAFTA judgment that the US Department of Commerce had acted “arbitrarily” and “contrary to the law” by excluding certain evidence in a sunset review of the duties.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CHILDREN born to women exposed to solvents at work suffer from developmental problems according to a study in Canada’s Archives of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine journal.

Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto found repeated exposure to chemicals used in jobs such as hairdressing, laboratory work and embalming during pregnancy resulted in lower IQs, poor language skills, inattentiveness and hyperactivity amongst their children, when young.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S largest think tank has advised developed country governments to adopt programmes helping families achieve an acceptable work-life balance, boosting child development and general well being amongst adult workers. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has abandoned its usual laissez faire approach to economics and society by encouraging its rich country members to promote part-time work.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced Euro 5 million of spending to help France, Denmark, Greece and Italy promote local food products in the USA, Canada, Japan, Russia, China, Australia, Norway, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Romania.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AMERICANS may work longer hours than most developed world employees and have fewer holidays, but they are happy, because compared with Britons and Canadians, they just love work, a Gallup poll has indicated. It said that 40% of Americans are “completely satisfied” with their opportunities for promotion, compared with 29% of Canadians and 25% of British respondents.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will spend Euro 855,000 promoting Portuguese wine in USA, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, China and Japan. The Portuguese government and private sources will also contribute to a total promotional budget of Euro 1.7 million over three years.…