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Police in step with universities Police recruits are marching to a new, more relaxed beat: it’s out with military-style training and in with student life as trainees swap the parade ground for the...
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Commissioner Charlie McCreevy: Intellectual Property Rights – Next Steps, Informal ECOFIN Council, IPR Conference
Helsinki, 8 September 2006 Informal ECOFIN Council – IPR Conference Helsinki, 8 September 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be here today to share with you some thoughts on what...
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WHO warns of TB with extreme drug resistance -- kills 52 of 53 AIDS patients in South Africa hospital
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a stark warning - to act immediately to stop the spread of a tuberculosis strain with extreme drug resistance (XDR-TB), which has...
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Revised Text of the Proposed Directive on the Contained Use of Genetically Modified Micro-Organisms (Codified Version) (extract)
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 Full text of Document 12570/06 Suite of documents 12570/06 No. Cion prop.: 10545/06 CODIF 23 ENV 363 SAN 175 CODEC 745 Subject: Proposal for a Directive of the European...
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Revised Draft: Proposed Council Directive on the Supervision and Control of Shipments of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (extract)
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 Full text of Document 11799/1/06 Revision 01 Suite of documents 11799/1/06 No. Cion prop: 5058/06 ATO 1 ENV 7 - COM(2005) 673 final Subject: Proposal for a Council Directive on...
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Report on the Commission's discussions with business leaders on the European Institute of Technology and the Role of the Business Sector in Education, Science and Innovation
Brussels, 8 September 2006 A meeting of business leaders was held in Brussels on 7 September at the initiative of the President of the Commission José Manuel Barroso.. Representatives from...
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Innovact brings together technology companies in Reims, France, 18-19 October
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 Innovact, the European forum for innovative growth companies, will take place on 18 and 19 October in Reims, France. The event will bring together representatives from...
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Financial management of INTERREG programmes, Brussels
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 Interact have organised a series of seminars designed to provide an overview of financial procedures required to manage EU INTERREG interregional cooperation programmes. The two...
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Commissioner Potocnik visits Romanian research community
Brussels, 8 September 2006 Commissioner Potocnik, European Science and Research Commissioner, will be in Romania on 11 and 12 September for an official visit. He will visit two Romanian research...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 Full text of Document 2932/06 1. Rules for Participation (EC) Â examination of Presidency text doc. 10205/06 COMPET 158 RECH 158 CODEC 592 2. Risk-sharing Finance Facility -...
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Commission Agenda Entry: Wednesday, 13 September Innovation- Breaking free - a Strategy for Europe
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 The news: World-wide competition to attract research and innovation investment is growing. In addition to attractive locations such as the US and Japan, new competitors have...
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Today's news
Senior lecturers suffering morale crisis Lecturers over the age of 50 are the unhappiest in their university jobs and almost half would quit now if they could, found a University and College Union...
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Light shines from Ajanta caves
Beyond Enlightenment
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a chilly tale of unobtainable love: "I had the story, bit by bit, from various people..." * Entries,...
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