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BY MARK ROWE
THE 19th century saw imperial rivalry create the “Great Game”, when Russia and the British Empire tweaked one another’s tails in the region that following Russia’s Bolshevik revolution became known as Soviet Central Asia. The old Great Game was tied to control of India, and to gems and gold.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Brisbane
AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a pilot plant to sterilise ships’ ballast water. This technology, invented by researchers from the Cooperative Research Centre for Reefs, at James Cook University in Queensland, is undergoing tests in Townsville. The finished product will help protect marine environments by preventing the global transport of unwanted marine species, as well as improving marine safety.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AMERICAN, Canadian and Mexican textile industries may forge alliances with their colleagues in poorer central America to cope with increased worldwide competition resulting from the scrapping of WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing import quotas by 2005. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Commission has told its officials to explore the idea, following a meeting in Montreal attended by ministers from the three member countries.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Brisbane
AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a pilot plant that will sterilise ships’ ballast water. This technology, invented by researchers from the Cooperative Research Centre for Reefs, at James Cook University in Queensland, is undergoing tests in Townsville.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE MALAYSIAN Textile Manufacturers Association has warned that the country’s branded clothing industry could become extinct within 10 years because of the oncoming removal of the export quota system under the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. It particularly fears that this liberalisation will allow China, with its low labour costs, to dominate global export markets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to intensify cooperation with the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), maybe extending existing collaboration to radio spectrum numbering, naming and addressing issues. The CEPT is already carrying out preparatory work for the Commission on harmonising radio spectrum usage in Europe, and a new joint memorandum of understanding now binds them to exchange information, identify contact points and participate in each other’s relevant meetings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW method of dying fabric that uses electrons instead of chemical reducing agents has been developed by a European research project, whose scientists say the process offers a “cleaner and more cost effective alternative to traditional methods of dying.”…

Keith Nuthall
A DETAILED and global draft code of practice on reducing violence and stress suffered by service industry employees has been released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which views the problems as a key “threat to productivity and decent work”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DETAILED and global draft code of practice on reducing violence and stress suffered by service industry employees has been released by the International Labour Organisation, which says the problems are a “threat to productivity and decent work”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has moved to exploit this week’s (Sep 10-13) World Trade Organisation summit in Cancun to press the protection of geographical names of traditionally made European drinks. It has formally proposed that WTO member governments agree a global list of protected products and has identified 22 European lines for inclusion, such Bordeaux, Cognac, Sherry and Port, but not Scotch.…