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BY ALAN OSBORN
WE know that British farmers are generally lining up behind EU farm commissioner Franz Fischler’s bid to reform the Common Agriculture Policy but how do they see things the other side of the Irish Sea? Neither the government nor farmers in Ireland have so far expressed much enthusiasm about the plan to switch from production-linked to flat payments – the so-called de-coupling process.…

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.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is promoting on-site power generation in Russia, developing plans to lend a major potassium salt producer US$75 million, which it would use to build its own power plant. Located in the city of Berezniki, the Perm Region, in the Urals, OAO Uralkaly would use the new generator to make “improvements in energy efficiency and environmental compliance.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOVES by the European Commission to extend anti-dumping duties on imports into the European Union (EU) of polyester textured filament yarn (PTY) from Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia have been abandoned. This follows a note from (CIRFS) the International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee that it was formally withdrawing a request for expiry reviews of the anti-dumping measures that could have led to their extension.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Health Organisation agency has concluded that chewing betel quid causes cancer, whether or not tobacco is included in the ‘pan’ mix especially popular with ethnic south Asians. It came to the same conclusion regarding another popular chewing ingredient, the areca nut.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) agency has concluded that chewing betel quid causes cancer, whether or not tobacco is included in the ‘pan’ mix especially popular with ethnic south Asians. It came to the same conclusion regarding another popular chewing ingredient, the areca nut.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERPOL secretary general Ronald K Noble has warned networks pedalling pirated CDs and DVDs, and counterfeit clothing, computer software, and cigarettes are financing terror groups, such as Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Chechen separatists, Kosovan extremists and Northern Ireland paramilitaries. He called for increased industry-police cooperation, such as national anti-counterfeiting police contact points.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed the results of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference, saying it earmarked sufficient radio spectrum for the EU’s new Galileo global positioning satellite project. Brussels wanted the conference to ensure it could commend enough frequency to avoid interference problems.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE SOUTH African Competition Commission has given the green light to the proposed merger between Harmony Gold and African Rainbow Minerals Gold (ARMgold). The deal includes the acquisition of all the issued share capital of ARMgold by Harmony; once finalised, the merged business will be the largest gold producing company in South Africa.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has declared itself well satisfied with the results of the World Radiocommunication Conference, staged by the International Telecommunications Union, which it says has allocated enough spectrum to allow the efficient roll-out of new wireless and broadband comms systems.…