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BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
INDIA has launched a study to mark and expand its sea boundary by an additional one million square kilometres, (400,000 square miles), beyond its existing exclusive economic zone, the country’s Daily News has reported. A seismic survey is being carried out by the National Institute of Oceanography, with a view to staking a claim by 2005 for extended maritime borders on the east and west coast of India.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REVIEW of the Common Fisheries Policy is likely to create the largest overhaul in European Union fishing policy in years, matching the crisis in stock levels in European waters. At its heart is the integration of environmental and conservation concerns into the organisation of the EU fishing market, a principle that – judging by conclusions agreed by the Council of Ministers – will have significant consequences when changes are put in place next year.…

BY DEIDRE MASON
SAFEGLASS SAFETY SMASH-BOX GLAZING

PLUSES: Prevents people injuring themselves if they have to break the glass

MINUSES: Could attract vandals no longer afraid of cutting themselves

VERDICT: An innovative product with real benefits for public and emergency services alike

COSTS: Depends on quantity and application but can work out cheaper in cases where toughened glass is used, for instance on buses for window-breaking hammers

Contact: Avril McNeill, Marketing Manager

Safeglass (Europe) Ltd,

Whitworth Building,

Scottish Enterprise technology park,

East Kilbride,

G75 0QD,

Scotland

Tel: +440 (0)1355 272438

e-mail: avril@safeclass.co.uk…

Alan Osborne
Price: many services are free but a typical subscription for a small or medium-sized company would be around £5,000

Contact:

Headquarters:

120 w 12TH Street, Suite 310, Kansas City Missouri 64105

In UK call 20 7951 8000

International Support outside of the US: 01-816-480-5259

Web-site: www.esecurityonline.com…

BY SIMON WILCOX, in Singapore
IN a dim and distant era before electronics and semiconductors, Singapore was a tiny backwater in the Malay kingdom of Johor-Riau, its inhabitants depending on jungle produce, fishing, small-scale trading and a little piracy for their livelihood.…

BY KATE REW
A MORATORIUM on the drilling of oil and gas reserves in the American portion of the Great Lakes could be lifted this autumn, just as President George Bush unveils his plans to dramatically increase the US search for new energy reserves.…

Alan Osborne
Contact:

Calluna Technology

One Blackwood Road, Eastfield, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 4NP, Scotland

Tel: +44 (0)1592 630810 Fax: +44 (0)1592 630168

Website: webmaster@calluna.com

Price: £120

Ever pressed the wrong computer key and destroyed the work of a day, a week or even months ?…

BY KATE REW
ONE of the catalysts, which sparked the drafting of the American Constitution, was a long-running and sometimes bloody dispute between the states of Maryland and Virginia, over the use and control of the Potomac River. Although the battle is no longer bloody, wrangling continues between the two US states, with the Maryland State Court this month came down in favour of Virginia over the proposed construction of a 725 foot water pipeline in to the river, which

Maryland objected to on environmental grounds.…

KEITH NUTHALL
WATER has no great value in itself. It is it what it helps create that counts. And for every improvement in efficiency in water use, communities and companies get richer and consume less water when doing so. It is what economists call a virtuous circle.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
MAYBE not all of us would know the difference if we got served

bootleg vodka instead of Smirnoff in a pub, but make no mistake – this is happening on a wide scale and it amounts to a rip-off that is cheating drinkers of millions of dollars a year.…