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BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo

ON October 9, North Korea carried out its notorious nuclear test in a mine shaft some 240 miles to the north of Pyongyang. The North Korean government proclaimed the test to be successful and an "historic event."…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

FUEL reprocessing, inspection schedules, civilian/military separation and unilateral moratoriums versus bilateral commitments: the list of hurdles potentially hindering the Indo-American civilian nuclear cooperation deal, pending ratification by the United States Congress, is long. Varying interpretations and last minute amendments in the deal have shaken the Indian nuclear establishment and polarised political parties, problems that could derail the whole process.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa

THE CANADIAN Museum of Nature has reopened its key west wing having reached the halfway mark of an extensive and costly renovation project, scheduled to finish in 2010. The now completed wing underwent comprehensive renovations, including the building of new fossil and mammal galleries and a temporary exhibition space.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CANADA, in alliance with Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, has successfully scuppered plans to place chrysotile asbestos on the ‘watch list’ of the United Nations’ Rotterdam Convention, a move that would have allowed importing countries to insist on prior consent before admitting any cargoes of this mineral.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is to investigate human health risks caused by the contaminant ethyl carbamate in all alcoholic drinks, focusing particularly on its presence in stone fruit brandies. The chemical can naturally occur during fermentation, but a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) expert committee has concluded ethyl carbamate is "genotoxic and is a multisite carcinogen" in all animals, including humans.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A UNITED Nations unit is coordinating the introduction of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) accrual systems across all agencies of the global body, helping auditors crack down on fraud. The UN Task Force on Accounting Standards is overseeing the development of implementation timetables, which must see all UN agencies and branches adopting IPSAS by January 2010, except for peacekeeping operations – by July 2010.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

"REFINERY Process Outsourcing" or simply RPO is an exciting buzzword in the otherwise hard-pressed Indian petroleum industry, as the term represents newly found and highly profitable venture of operating refineries to fulfil surging international demand.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

KOSOVO differs from all other countries that the Money Laundering Bulletin has surveyed so far in the context of money laundering in that it has no defined and internationally recognised final shape – neither in respect of its borders nor in the composition of its government.…

BY ANDREW CAVE

AFTER 9/11, America positioned itself at the centre of the international crackdown on money laundering and terrorist financing, and its legal response has been well documented in the Money Laundering Bulletin. But what of its federal police and intelligence agencies?…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut

WITH the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the midst of an unprecedented construction boom, the paint sector is flourishing with contracts of up to half a million dollars underway, 200% growth in fire-resistance paints, and over 16% growth predicted for the sector as a whole this year.…