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Johnson says science students will escape top-up fees Thousands of science students will escape top-up fees, the higher education minister declared yesterday. Alan Johnson told the Commons education...
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Commission note on Galileo: Negotiations with the USA - Draft Directives for Negotiations with India and Israel - Fiscal Matter Relating to the Joint Undertaking (link)
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 Full text of Document 15468/03 Suite of documents 15468/03 Subject: GALILEO ­ negotiations with the United States of America ­ draft directives for negotiations...
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GMOs and conventional crops: the battle over "coexistence"
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 As part of the ongoing debate on the difficulties of separating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from conventional organisms in food and animal feed, the Agriculture...
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New technology could piece together shredded Stasi documents in five years
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 Technology developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for design technology and Lufthansa Systems Group could reconstruct all of the files destroyed by East Germany's secret police...
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Note on the Draft PSC Conclusions on the Way Forward Regarding the White Paper on Space Policy
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 Full text of Document 15547/03 Suite of documents 15547/03 Subject: Draft PSC conclusions on the way forward regarding the White Paper on Space Policy: A new European Frontier...
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Provisional Version Competitiveness Council of 3 Dec. (Stem Cell Research)
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 The Council examined a text put forward by the Presidency, following the Council's deliberations at its meeting on 26 November, on the establishment of implementing provisions...
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What the new chemicals regulation means for R&D
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 A workshop has been organised this week to delve into the Commission's proposal for regulating the European chemicals industry and what this could mean for research, the JRC...
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Planet Mars from 5.5 million kilometres
Paris, 03 Dec 2003 Mars from 5.5 million km This picture was taken on 1 December 2003 from ESA's Mars Express spacecraft by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) under the responsibility of the...
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U.S. Official Cites Need for Comprehensive Earth Observation System (link)
Washington, 03 Dec 2003 U.S. Delegation to the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change December 1- 12, 2003 Milan, Italy United States...
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British national conference on databases
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 The British national conference on databases will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 7 to 9 July 2004. The conference is now in its 21st year, and has shifted from its...
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The potential socio-economic impacts of introducing intelligent safety systems - call for tenders
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for an exploratory study on the potential socio-economic impacts of the introduction of intelligent safety systems in...
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Latest research news
Women smokers at double the risk of lung cancer A woman smoker’s risk of lung cancer is just over double that of a man, once age and cigarette consumption are taken into account, according to...
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Oxford don's 10,000-mile trip to save St Hilda's An Oxford don is making a 10,000-mile round trip from China to England in a desperate attempt to stop the governing body of Oxford's last women's...
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Outcome of Proceedings of the Working Party on Atomic Questions of 19 Nov. on the Nuclear Package (link)
Brussels, 02 Dec 2003 Full text of Document 15496/03 Suite of documents 15496/03 Subject: - Nuclear package - High activity sealed radioactive sources I. Nuclear package 1. Proposal for a Council...
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Case against Belgium for not legislating on biotech patents - Case Filing C-454/03: Commission v Belgium
Luxembourg, 29 November 2003 Action brought on 28 October 2003 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of Belgium (Case C-454/03) Official Journal publication of the filing...