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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW global initiative to spread knowledge and equipment regarding the Internet to developing countries already has the support of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in a bid to secure annual contributions of US$30-50 million.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BOARD of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has been asked to consider granting a new and larger loan, to invest in a Ukrainian developer, so it can build a 271-room four-star international hotel in central Kiev, to be run by Radisson SAS Hotels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MULTILATERAL sea and river organisations are usually created to deal with existing problems that cross national borders, but a new body has been making progress on a shipping issue that has yet even to happen: the exploitation and transport of subterranean solid mineral deposits.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Seabed Authority has decided to develop work on framing regulations for the exploitation of newly discovered submarine mineral deposits in international waters, which are expected to yield copper, iron, zinc, silver, gold and cobalt.

These hydrothermal polymetallic sulphides and cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts lay beneath waters that are beyond national exclusive economic zones and so under international law, the authority controls all exploration and exploitation.…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
THE NEWLY formed HyperTransport Technology Consortium – a coalition of international high-tech corporations including AMD, NVIDIA, Cisco and Sun Microsystems – is to develop a new system enabling microchips within PCs and local area networks to communicate far more effectively.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
BEIJING Capital International Airport (BCIA) is holding talks with provincial Chinese airports, with a view to securing stakes in them, which could transform the Hong Kong stock exchange listed company into a key nationwide player. Although Chinese press reports have quoted the company as dismissing rumours that it has struck deals to buy into Xian, Chengdu and Shenyang airports, it has confirmed that investmant talks are underway with their owners.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has been active recently, using its unique powers within international law to bring EU Member States to heel for failing to implement European legislation promoting health and safety.

Unlike any other international court, the ECJ has the power to fine sovereign states, which ignore its rulings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SIMPLICITY is not one the virtues that is readily associated with the institutions of the European Union, so it is refreshing to note that the European Parliament has recently taken a straightforward step to boost its accountability to the citizens of the continent that it serves.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GROWTH in the high technology sector means big profits for those that succeed in the race to market ‘the next big thing,’ but that also means high tech criminals are hot on the trail of consumers and manufacturers unaware that their new gadget is a fraudsters new scamming device, reports Monica Dobie, in Montreal, Canada.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DRAFT model law for electronic signatures has been adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, (UNCITRAL), which will be a legislative guide for the many member countries who are grappling with the difficulties of framing national legislation on the subject.…