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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GLOBAL Partnership to Eliminate Riverblindness has announced that US$39 million has been pledged by its members to wipe out Onchocerciasis, (Riverblindness), in the whole of Africa by 2010. The group includes the World Bank, the World Health Organisation, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the US Agency for International Development and 30 African countries, along with private pharmaceutical companies, (including Merck).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations’ general assembly has overwhelmingly voted to urge countries to support the International Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA), in preventing acts of terrorism committed with nuclear and other radioactive materials. Delegates voted 150 in favour, with North Korea voting against and the Ivory Coast and Laos abstaining.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MORATORIUM in the trade of illegally exploited Congolese minerals has been proposed by a panel of experts, which has examined how the stripping of resources by foreign military forces has prolonged the ongoing war in the country.…

BY RICHARD HURST
SOUTH African National Ports Authority chief executive Siyabonga Gama has announced that the re-release of tenders for the building of a ship repair facility at the Richard’s Bay port, in Kwazulu-Natal, would be issued early in March.

Its construction is expected to cost between Rand 2 billion, (Pounds 122 million), and 5 billion, (307 million), directly creating 400 new jobs with an estimated 1,200 indirect jobs being generated in varied fields such as steel, electrical engineering and shop fitting.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIA is planning to open an international airport serving Buddhist pilgrims visiting the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment, in the undeveloped state of Bihar, which would receive flights from around the world, unrestricted by bilateral agreements.

New Delhi and the Bihar state government have identified land for the development, between the religious site of Buddha Gaya and nearby Gaya town.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission today (Tuesday) formally proposed that the European Union ratifies the Rotterdam Convention procedure regulating the shipping of hazardous chemicals in international trade, and at the same time proposed that the EU goes further by covering a wider range of chemicals than contained in the Convention.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PORT of Durrës, in Albania – one of Europe’s poorest countries – is to receive a much needed financial shot in the arm of Euro 17 million from the European Investment Bank, which will pay for the rehabilitation and upgrading of cargo handling facilities and quays.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE MALAYSIAN government is planning to privatise the international arm of its national carrier, Malaysian Airline System (MAS) in an attempt to tackle the airline group’s overall debts of almost Pounds two billion. The move may also involve attempts to link up with a foreign strategic partner.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation has estimated that the aviation and associated industries have shed 400,000 jobs worldwide since September 11, because of the terrorist attacks themselves and ongoing global economic slump that they worsened. Jobs have been lost in airports, airlines, air navigation services, equipment manufacturers, catering companies and car rental facilities, said the ILO.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL AND MARK ROWE
ALTHOUGH the future of the controversial bilateral open skies agreements, struck between the United States and a string of European Union Member States, has been thrown into doubt by an advocate general of the European Court of Justice, this is by no means regarded as a disaster by Europe’s airport industry.…