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BY MONICA DOBIE
CALGARY-based Sawtooth International Resources Inc. has announced that it has increased its oil production from 238 barrels per day in 2002 to 325 barrels per day effective April of this year. This is a jump of 36 per cent in total production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EVEN the most ill-informed layman knows that modern farming is often a technically advanced and scientific business, but the extent to which new technologies are being used to maximise production is not so-widely known, even within the industry itself.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament is preparing to strengthen the proposed European Union (EU) directive on environmental liability, which is designed to ensure that polluters pay for damage that they cause through intent or negligence.

MEP’s on the parliament’s legal affairs and internal market committee are supporting amendments that would extend the scope of this legislation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation of the World Bank is lending US$700,000 to Cameroon petroleum transporter Sodetran-Cam Sarl, to expand and upgrade its fuel transportation trucks. It plans to buy 10 additional tanker trailers to boost its work with Cameroon’s Mobil Oil Distribution Company.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE FIRST meeting of the world’s five largest sugar exporters has agreed to co-ordinate efforts to boost prices in the commodity’s international market from current record lows. Meeting in Bangkok, representatives of Thailand, Australia, Brazil, South Africa and Guatemala agreed to speed up co-operation and seek to lift world prices without raising domestic retail prices.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Parliament probe into allegations that European Union budgetary aid for the Palestinian Authority (PA) was misused – maybe being funnelled into the hands of terrorist groups – has held its first meeting in Strasbourg.

The working group will draw up a report by the end of this year.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE EUROPEAN Union has been very active in recent weeks, regarding legislation that affects accountants and auditors.

Earlier this month (May) the Commission issued a recommendation on statutory auditors’ independence within the EU, indicating that auditors who have a relationship with their client that might compromise the auditor’s independence should be prohibited from carrying out statutory audits.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BRITISH footwear importer has won a case at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which should lead it to hold onto GBPounds 38,085 in import duties repaid by the UK Customs and Excise, with judges saying customs officials could not reverse their earlier decision to return the money.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FRENCH government has proposed a summit of G8 environment ministers, the creation of a strong World Environment Organisation, which would take over the responsibilities of the United Nations Environment Programme as well as those of environmental departments amongst other multilateral agencies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has said it wants to launch quickly into an analysis of sites in Iraq targeted with weapons containing depleted uranium (DU), now that the US-UK led invasion appears to be winding up.…