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BY ALAN OSBORN

INTRODUCTORY PAR

THERE are two common characteristics of the six European countries – Luxembourg, Greek Cyprus, Malta, Andorra, Liechtenstein and Iceland – which possess only a single university covering a range of disciplines. They are small in terms of population and the financial relationship between the university and the government is much closer than in other countries.…

BY WESLEY GIBBINGS, in Port of Spain, Trinidad

WITH its multiple small jurisdictions, offshore tax havens and proximity to both drug producing countries in Latin America and the United States, the Caribbean has always been a focus of global anti-money laundering efforts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BY KEITH NUTHALL

UNEP – RISK MANAGEMENT

A BOOK detailing practical ways in which governments can reduce the costs of dealing with major challenges such bird flu, terrorism and climate change has been released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A BRITISH QC who has become the first woman president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will start presiding its cases from Monday (Feb 27). Rosalyn Higgins, 68, will direct a case brought by Bosnia & Herzegovina alleging that Serbia & Montenegro (as the successor of Yugoslavia) is responsible for genocide and so must pay reparations.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney

IT might sound like science fiction but many of the most exciting and useful advances emerging from the super-science of nanotechnology are real. Nanotechnology is a relatively new approach that deals with understanding and applying the properties of matter at the nano-scale, where a small molecule measures one nano-metre (one billionth of metre) in length, or about 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that from January 1, all vehicle fuels sold in sub-Saharan Africa have been lead-free, with the last country to abandon lead being the region’s most developed – South Africa.

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A GLOOMY assessment from the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that not only could bird flu now be endemic in Turkey but that there is a serious risk of migratory birds from Africa this Spring carrying the pathogen further afield.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

A SAFE and cheap anthrax vaccine could be grown to inoculate every person in the United States, according to a recent study from the University of Central Florida. Mice immunised with the vaccine produced through the genetic engineering of tobacco plants survived lethal doses of anthrax greater than those ever exposed to humans, it said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has drawn up plans to lend Russia’s United Bakers company US$30 million to finance working capital, restructure debt, buy modern biscuit manufacturing equipment, and acquire rival businesses, notably an (unnamed) cereal factory.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that from January 1, all vehicle fuels sold in sub-Saharan Africa will be lead-free. Ironically, the last country to abandon lead was the region’s most developed – South Africa. The phase-out follows pledges made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, 2002.…