Who gains from the biodiversity treaty?
After a high in Rio, the South is beginning to wonder who is the keeper of the world's genetic resources?
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GALILEO
Mea culpa, says vatican
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Scandal in sandal
SANDALWOOD smuggling is raising quite a stink in Karnataka, where poacher-smuggler Veerappan has reportedly recruited three retired army personnel and a former BSF jawan to train other gang members
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Sneaky bids to revive forest convention
Quiet efforts are under way to frame a forest convention that the South had opposed in Rio.
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FRANCE
Coffin nail
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Selling diarrhoea
NESTLE seems to have perfected the fine art of profiting at another's expense. Its infant food substitutes have been a known cause of diarrhoea and death among year-old babies. Now, the company
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UN falls victim to its inherent weaknesses
There are several reasons why the UN finds itself bereft of power today. Part of the crisis results from the cash-strapped organisation"s own weakness. Another significant factor is the increasing influence of the World Bank, IMF and GATT on global econom
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SOMALIA
Dying nation
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Restricted access
INDIA'S entire geography has been covered by aerial photography, but development agencies and town planners cannot use the data because of national security regulations. "Even archival maps are not
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OIL REFINERIES
Facing bankruptcy
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Another extension
The Union ministry of environment and forests has once again extended for 30 days the deadline for enforcing the controversial draft notification under the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986.
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Maidan in trouble
CALCUTTA maidan -- at 294-ha, the largest public ground in the teeming metropolis, is in danger of being developed as commercial property by the Indian army. The maidan belongs to the army's eastern
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Cleaner chimneys
A clean and green way to reduce acid rain has been developed by Chang Yul Cha of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The process cuts sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from coal-fired smokestacks
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Falling trade
SPICES have drawn intrepid merchants to Indian shores through history, but falling international prices and uncertain demand abroad are worrying Indian growers, who supply about one-third of the
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Behavioural changes is the way to curb AIDS
Doctors and social workers advocate awareness as the best way to prevent AIDS, a disease that has no vaccine or cure, from spreading.
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Vanishing scrub jungle
There has been a gradual decline in the natural vegetation around Madras. The reduction and fragmentation of the mainly tropical, dry, evergreen forest, also called scrub jungle, has led to the
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Effective strategies to change behaviour
Awareness campaigns in three countries have reduced the risk of contracting AIDS.
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AIDS drug to be marketed soon
An Indian firm has developed a drug that delays the onset of AIDS and reduce the cost of treatment.
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Touts in courts
Interim relief payments have thrown up touts galore, and final compensation will only increase the rampant corruption.
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Hungary resents Slovak dam
Hungarians are raising environmental slogans against opening of the Gabcikovo dam's sluice gates by Czechoslovakia. The dam is built on the river Danube, which flows along the border between the two countries.