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Scholars condemn Bush policies More than 650 foreign affairs experts have signed an open letter condemning the Bush administration's policies in Iraq, accusing it of harming the struggle against...
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Plant Genetic ߣߣÊÓƵ: great success in an important step towards an accord on access to agricultural seeds and the sharing of commercial benefits
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 From the 4-8 October the European Commission hosted a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on options for a new Standard Material...
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Spanish Note Announcing its Intention to Host the 2005 Meeting of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic ߣߣÊÓƵ (for Food and Agriculture)
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 13130/04 Suite of documents 13130/04 On 20 September 2004 the Spanish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food sent a letter to the agriculture...
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The Chinese National Remote Sensing Center becomes a Member of the Galileo Joint Undertaking
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 Full text Galileo Joint Undertaking
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France and UK fund cancer research
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 UK Health Secretary John Reid and French Minister for Research François d'Aubert have launched a new initiative to boost research into novel cancer treatments. The two countries...
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French research heads condemn destruction of GM crop trials
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 The heads of four leading French research organisations have condemned the destruction of field based trials of genetically modified (GM) crops, arguing that such research is...
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UK announces new funding for particle physics facilities
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 UK Science Minister Lord Sainsbury has announced a 147.5 million GBP (213.6 million euro) cash injection for two particle accelerators. The government is hoping that the...
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EU and US extend scientific cooperation agreement and look towards economic integration
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 The EU and the US have extended their Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement for five years, allowing the entities to carry out coordinated and joint research...
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FP6 financial management workshop, UK
Brussels, 11 Oct 2004 A workshop on understanding the principles of financial management in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Cambridge, the UK, on 10 November. The event will...
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Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY
Paris, 11 Oct 2004 The image shows the global mean tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) vertical column density (VCD) between January 2003 and June 2004, as measured by the SCIAMACHY instrument on ESA...
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Scots warned of looming cash crisis Scotland's universities were warned last night that they must adopt a more business-like approach if they are to avoid a cash crisis. A study by a team of...
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Oxford entrance test unfair to working class The new Oxford University history entrance test is unfair to working-class students, say teachers. The history admission test, which applicants will sit...
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ߣߣÊÓƵn Centre Launches BIOS - an Open Source Biotechnology Research Initiative
Canberra, ߣߣÊÓƵ, 08 Oct 2004 BIOS is fundamentally an effort to develop new innovation systems for market failures and for neglected priorities. BIOS holds to a '3-D' philosophy espoused by its...
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NASA Rovers Find More Evidence of Water on Mars, Scientists Say
Washington, 08 Oct 2004 NASA Press release, October 7, 2004 MARS ROVERS PROBING WATER HISTORY AT TWO SITES NASA's Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars about three times as long as...
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Questions horizontales (Extract from: Résultats du Conseil TRANSPORTS» du 7 octobre)
Bruxelles, le 8 octobre 2004 GALILEO Mme de Palacio a présenté la Communication sur le passage aux phases de déploiement et d’exploitation du programme Galileo (adoptée par la Commission la veille)....