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BY ALAN OSBORN
NURSES caring for the elderly and the infirm are to receive help from a Euro 1 million research programme funded by the European Commission that will focus on ways to improve their patients’ nutrition. The NUTRI-SENEX multi-national initiative marks the first project of its kind to link experts in the care, dietary and teaching professions in different EU countries “to produce recommendations, survey health legislation and develop guidelines for functional and nutritionally-balanced food for the elderly.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a Euro 1.01 million research project aimed at developing guidelines for boosting the nutrition of elderly people, improving their general health and well-being. Researchers in the NUTRI-SENEX scheme will consider ways of dealing with the loss of smell and taste in older people, which can spark a loss of appetite, leading to weight loss and other health problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE AVIATION insurance industry – which covers airports as well as planes – has promised to maintain competition, even when faced with major disasters, such as the September 11 attacks. A Crisis Response Protocol has been agreed between the two main underwriter groups – the International Underwriting Association of London and the Lloyd’s Market Association.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations panel appointed to monitor the observance of sanctions still imposed against troubled west African state Liberia has criticised a secret diamond mining deal struck by its transitional government. A UN Panel of Experts said this was with a West Africa Mining Corporation (WAMCO), financed by the privately owned London International Bank Limited.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has rejected a request from the British government to increase the amount of CO2 emitted within the UK under the European Union’s emissions trading scheme. Brussels initially approved a national allocation plan of 736 million tonnes of CO2 for 2005-2007, but London later asked permission to increase this to 756 million tonnes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has thrown out an attempt by the European Commission to force Britain to hand over information about its shutting-down the ‘Jason’ training reactor, at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London. It was a surprise ruling, because judges opposed the views of an ECJ advocate general, who had recommended that the UK was breaking its European Union (EU) treaty commitments; usually they confirm the advice of these officials.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GUIDELINE for environmental risk assessments on human medicines and their development has been released by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), (see http://www.emea.eu.int/pdfs/human/swp/444700en.pdf). Meanwhile, the London-based EU agency has also released a guideline on submitting marketing approval applications for pandemic flu vaccines (http://www.emea.eu.int/pdfs/human/veg/19303104en.pdf).…

BY MARK ROWE

CHINA has spent the past 15 years playing catch-up with the developed world by building skyscrapers and demolishing its old hutongs and alleyways. It has been accused by cultural organisations of taking the view that, in order to justify its existence everything must have an economic means and end.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SEPTEMBER 11 attacks sparked a tightening of security restrictions around the world and the shipping industry has been a key focus. The latest initiative is the creation of a global system of biometric identifiers for seafarers. Keith Nuthall reports.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SECRETARY General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has asked in a face-to-face meeting that new European Union (EU) fisheries and maritime affairs Commissoner Joe Borg secure widespread EU ratification of two IMO safety conventions. These are the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol for the Safety of Fishing Vessels and the 1995 International Convention on Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel.…