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BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ARAB sheik and his camel, riding the desert with a trained falcon, hunting for bustard migrating south to Africa; with skill and tenacity, he could catch 10 plump prey, a feast in a land where little grows.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A JOINT European research project has been given Euro 12 million in European Commission funding to perfect techniques for producing antibodies and vaccines from plants to prevent and treat major human diseases, such as AIDS, rabies and TB.…

Keith Nuthall
GOVERNMENTS in south-eastern Europe have agreed it is “fundamentally important to increase and intensify interregional cooperation in air transport.” Such work, which would cover airport operations and air traffic control will be written into a detailed memorandum of understanding, with a detailed and timetabled work programme.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MORE than half of all petrol sold in sub-Saharan Africa is now unleaded, says the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which wants leaded fuels phased-out in the region by 2006. Kenya has announced plans to switching to fully unleaded petrol by January 1 2006.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is lending Indonesia’s high quality viscose staple fibre producer (VSF) PT South Pacific US$9.5 million to achieve self-sufficiency in electricity, modernise production and refinance medium-term debt. The company supplies 7-8% of world consumption, working with Austria’s Lenzing AG, its major shareholder and the world’s second largest VSF producer.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN is one of the safest countries in the world as regards fatal road accidents involving children along with Sweden, Japan and Italy, a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has claimed. It says that more children are killed on the road than in any other type of accident, with South Korea, New Zealand, Portugal and the United States having the highest child road-fatality rates.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) appears to be losing its anger over the failure of the recognised Greek Cypriot government of southern Cyprus to support reunification with their Turkish neighbours, with the European Investment Bank (EIB) providing Euro 235 million for water, energy, and IT improvements.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, in Paris
THE BRITISH and International chambers of commerce have called on governments worldwide to urgently process compliance certification applications from ports and shipping lines for the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS), as its July 1 implementation deadline looms.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GOVERNMENTS should avoid forcing national telecommunications utilities to make broadband services available to rural and remote areas, but rather rely on boosting competition in the sector, an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report has claimed. Indeed, making such demands “would reduce competition and innovation.…

Keith Nuthall
USA sales of textile and clothing made in sub-Saharan Africa have been increasing solidly as a result of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which promotes trade by allowing duty free exports of products into America. That is the conclusion of a new report from the US Trade Representative (USTR) office on the act’s influence on trade and investment policy towards and in the region.…