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Hodge admits higher education is failing the poor Margaret Hodge has admitted that Labour's idea of widening access to higher education has failed, so leaving untouched the major cause of inequality...
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Life after retirement for Hubble hardware
Paris, 20 June 2002 Two pieces of 'retired' hardware retrieved from the Hubble Space Telescope provide scientists and engineers with unique knowledge of how long-term exposure to the harsh space...
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Germany should not have exempted research in public-sector higher education establishments from VAT: judgment
Luxembourg, 20 June 2002 C-287/00, Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber) on 20 June 2002 (link to English version when...
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Report on the proposed regulation concerning traceability and labelling and traceability of genetically modified organisms
Brussels, 20 June 2002 FINAL A5-0229/2002 12 June 2002 REPORT on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms...
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FP6 rules of participation compromise approved
Brussels, 20 June 2002 A unanimous vote by committee MEPs approving a compromise deal on the rules of participation in the Sixth Framework programme took place on 19 June. The vote, by the European...
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Galileo - ESA and EU working together
Paris, 20 June 2002 The European Union and ESA: the need for closer working relations In Edinburgh in November 2001, Mr Romano Prodi became the first European Commission president to attend an ESA...
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Call for proposals - European Biotechnology Web Portal
Brussels, 20 June 2002 Enterprise Grant Programme 2002: Calls for Proposals Theme 8: European Biotechnology Web Portal deadline 31/08/2002 Call for proposals and other information Contact: Mr Björn...
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Viviane Reding: Entering the Information Age, "Club of three" conference, organised by the Bertelsmann Stiftung Berlin, 20 June 2002
Berlin, 20 June 2002 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to be here today and to have the opportunity to speak about the challenges that Europe faces on this journey towards the...
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6th Framework Research Programme: final deal on the rules (committee unanimously approves codecision compromise)
Brussels, 20 June 2002 The Committee on Industry and Research today adopted unanimously, at a single vote, a compromise deal reached between the rapporteur Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP-ED, D),...
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ESA supports Reuters humanitarian trust
Paris, 20 June 2002 A collaboration arrangement was today signed between Reuters Foundation Director, Maureen Marlowe, and ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes, José Achache, at Reuters...
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Telecoms Council calls for IPv6 implementation to be speeded up
Brussels, 20 June 2002 More must be done to speed up the introduction of the new Internet protocol IPv6 (Internet protocol version 6), ministers agreed at the EU Transport and Telecommunications...
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Report on the proposed regulation on genetically modified food and feed
Brussels, 20 June 2002 FINAL A5-0225/2002 7 June 2002 REPORT on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on genetically modified food and feed Full text [...] These Commission...
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Candidate countries' commitments on nuclear safety: peer review status report (link)
Brussels, 20 June 2002 Peer review status report. "I" item note from General Secretariat of the Council to COREPER. Brussels, 5 June 2002 (document 9601/02 LIMITE ATO 68 ELARG 197; No. prev. doc.:...
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AIDS: Commission research leads to guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive pregnant women and infants
Brussels, 20 June 2002 New guidelines aimed at reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV are emerging from European research. The guidelines for the treatment of various groups of HIV-positive...
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NSF encourages research centre partnerships between Europe and the USA
Brussels, 20 June 2002 The US National science foundation (NSF) is encouraging US research centres to find European partners for collaboration by offering additional funding to US research centres...