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BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE INCREASED international availability of cashews and a consequent price slump reduced Indian exports by more than INDRupees 500 million (US$10.9 million) this year. Total exports of the nut April-June 2003 were 21,192 tonnes, compared with 23,770 tonnes the same period in 2002.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) agency has concluded that chewing betel quid causes oral cancer, whether or not tobacco is included in ‘pan’ mixes especially popular with ethnic south Asians. The problem is of particular concern in the UK, which imports more betel than any country outside of Asia, (imports have doubled since the early 80’s).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Bureau is calling for investigations to determine whether heavily armed pirates using fishing and speed-boats who have launched a spate of attacks on small oil tankers in the Malacca Straits are actually independence rebels from the Indonesian province of Aceh.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ACQUISITION by Swedish industrial group Trelleborg of the polymer-sealing solutions business of Britain-based Smiths has been approved by the European Commission after conducting a competition inquiry. Brussels had been concerned that the two companies had similar interests in the pipe seals market, but has concluded that “the market shares of the merged entity are not very high and several strong competitors remain on the market.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
UNITED Nations cultural and scientific agency UNESCO has welcomed a pledge by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) not to exploit, explore or mine in official World Heritage sites. The council represents 15 of the world’s largest metals and mining companies, namely Alcoa, Anglo American, AngloGold, BHP Billiton, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Mitsubishi Materials, Newmont, Nippon Mining & Metals, Noranda, Pasminco, Placer Dome, Rio Tinto, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Umicore and WMC Resources.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL rules preventing ships from dumping untreated sewage into coastal waters have been ratified into force nearly 30 years after being negotiated. These amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships say international ferries can only discharge untreated sewage more than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL in Paris, ALAN OSBORN in London, MARK ROWE in Singapore, ED PETERS and DON GASPER in Hong Kong, RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane and ALEX SMAILES in Port of Spain.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH European Union ministers poised this autumn to choose their preferred site to host the international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER), an independent EU assessment of the two key EU contenders has officially concluded that both the French site Cadarache, and the Spain’s Vandellós “would be likely to win the international site selection”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ELECTRONIC business solutions and services are important to 47 per cent of larger European Union tobacco companies (grouped with a sample of drinks and food businesses), according to a European Commission report saying e-commerce is still growing in the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MAJORITY of Iraqis were delighted by the fall of Saddam Hussein, witness the banging of shoes on the heads of his fallen statues. But among the happiest were organised criminals who have exploited the lawlessness following the end of his regime.…