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BY ALAN OSBORN
INTERNATIONAL moves to remove the maximum permitted dose of irradiation for food could lead to a major world trade dispute, which could undermine European Union regulations, says the London-based Food Irradiation Campaign, (FIC).

A joint study by the Food and Agricultural Organisation, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organisation has concluded that “no upper dose limit need be imposed” as irradiated foods are deemed “wholesome throughout the technologically useful dose range.”…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
ESTABLISHED airport operators, including those of Zurich, Frankfurt, Malaysia, Singapore Changi and Copenhagen, have participated in road-shows in New Delhi and London held to attract interest in Indian government plans to lease the management of its four large metropolitan airports in New Delhi, Madras (Chennai), Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta, (Kolkata).…

BY ALAN OSBORN
HERE’S a growing security problem for businesses that issue a lot of computers to staff – how can a guard, or a closed circuit TV camera, tell what’s inside the briefcase of somebody leaving an office? And if they do find something, how can they tell whether or not the person owns it?…

BY ALAN OSBORN
SLOWLY but surely, the world is becoming a little more open and honest in its business transactions. Bribery and corruption have existed as long as people have traded with each other and in some parts of the world remain as matter-of-fact as ever.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE FORD Motor Company of Canada Ltd has announced it will invite other advertising agencies to bid for its estimated CAN$50 million contract that has been in the hands of Young and Rubicam Canada for the past ten years.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
SIGNIFICANT changes in the international art market, with possibly adverse consequences for European museums, galleries and other art buyers, could follow from a case being brought by the European Commission against the world’s two leading fine art auction houses, Christie’s International plc in London and Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc of New York.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is common knowledge that deepening concern about terrorism following the September 11 attacks has led to tighter security in the civil aviation industry, but there have also been important implications for the shipping sector. Keith Nuthall reports.…

BY MARK ROWE
TOYOTA Motors is considering buying up Inchcape Motors, a Singapore subsidiary of the world’s largest motor agency, Inchcape plc. The deal is dependent on a proposed delisting of Inchcape Motors, which distributes Toyota and Suzuki in the Asian island state.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
AUSTRALIAN scientists at the University of Queensland are working with British researchers to develop hypersonic flight technology that could cut a London-Sydney long haul from 22 hours to just three. The project uses supersonic ram jets, or Scramjets, which propel aircraft at up to 5,000mph.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
AN AUSTRALIAN company has made a breakthrough in developing insect-repellent clothing. In tests, cloth samples impregnated with a synthetic pyrethroid repellent killed most mosquitoes before they even touched the material.

Its manufacturing method applies the chemicals with the softeners onto the fabric and becomes part of the chemical finish on the treated textile.…