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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 (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
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is predicting that the world’s air industry will emerge from its September 11 inspired doldrums next year. The UN agency’s forecasts say that following 2001’s decline in business and two years of stagnation, traffic should rebound with 4.4 per cent growth in 2004 and 6.3 per cent in 2005.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

Duke Energy Corp, a diversified US energy company based in Charlotte, is in discussions with “several potential buyers” for its European natural gas business, the company has announced. It gave no details of the possible buyers or price.…

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 south-south project – backed by World Bank Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) will raise Burundi’s teledensity ratio above one per cent. It is guaranteeing Mauritius Telecom Ltd’s US$1.01 million investment in Burundi’s Africell GSM mobile network.

*An emerging international market in hosting regional and international headquarters of transnational corporations benefits developing countries, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); 829 HQs were established or relocated January 2002 to March 2003, nearly a quarter in developing countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST steps in reforming Nepal’s judicial system have been taken, a move regarded as an important part of attempts to end the low-level civil war in the Himalayan country between its royal government and Maoist guerrillas.

Because Nepal courts have traditionally handled both criminal and civil cases, management problems and legal complexities have caused long backlogs, creating frustration with the judicial process, undermining respect for the law.…

BY MARK ROWE
DENMARK’S move to become the first country to restrict the use of industrially produced trans fatty acids in processed foods as part of a health drive to reduce heart disease looks like being accepted, by the European Commission and the Danish food industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has approved a European regulation creating a harmonised system for how customs officers fight Europe’s boom in counterfeit goods, reducing the costs to businesses from making tip offs and speeding the destruction of fake goods.…