Udder confusion
Milk was on the menu in Rome this week at a meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a joint body of the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Health Organisation. Codex is responsible
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Affordable multi-megabit/s network access to Internet
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announced that its Telecommunication Standardization Sector had formally approved a set of new world standards providing Multi-Megabut/s network
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Rs 60 crore for fishermen welfare schemes
The Kerala Government will implement schemes costing Rs 60.61 crore in the marine sector to improve the living conditions of traditional fishermen, Fisheries Minister T K Ramakrishnan told the State
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6,000 for Population Day run
In a continuous bid to spread awareness among masses, through the message "Small Family-Happy Family" , the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Sports Authority of India will be jointly
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Birth control planned for male langurs
The monkey population at Khao Wang hill has grown so large the provincial administration has decided to embark on a birth control campaign. Governor Chuchart Poonsiri said he has sought help from the
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PM's intervention sought on cigarette sale ban
Five major central trade unions have urged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to immediately intervene to ensure that the order banning sale of cigarettes and bidis in trains and at railway stations
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China relaxes ban on EU products
The Chinese authorities have relaxed the ban imposed last month on the import and sale of poultry, eggs and meats from three European countries suspected of being contaminated by cancer-causing
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Canal water shortage causes 25 percent crop production loss
Pakistan is losing 25 percent of its potential crop production every year , as only about 30 percent of water reaches the crop due to high level of losses in existing canal and water courses network.
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Government gets tough on turtle poachers
The nesting season of the endangered green sea turtle has only just kicked off in the north Caribbean National Park of Tortuguero, and authorities have already detained 13 poachers and confiscated
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France warned on food laws
The European Commission warned it would take France to court for failing to respect European Union laws over licensing genetically modified products. It is sending France a "reasoned opinion", a
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Vaccine may help to prevent Alzheimer's
Scientists at Elan Pharmaceuticals, the Irish-American drug company, published the first evidence that a vaccine might prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease. The research was carried out on
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Taiwan fights threat of foot-and-mouth
Precautionary measures to stop the invasion of a strain of foot-and-mouth disease has sent shudders through Taiwan's agricultural industry and revived memories of the epizootic that destroyed its
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In Germany, older Greens are challenged by newcomers
It is not easy being a Green, especially one accused of being over the hill. Such is the challenge facing many older members of the German Greens party. In the 1960s and '70s, they were rebels and
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Association of MPS starts campaign on population
The Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development on Saturday launched a campaign to ensure the commitment of policymakers to the issues of population, development, and
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Bureau looks at charges for dumping waste
Taxpayers in Hong Kong will pay $300 million a year by 2001 for business to dump an estimated 7,530 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste in public landfill. Of that, officials estimate 5,290
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Police break up Jabiluka protest
Anti-nuclear demonstrators attempting to set up a tent embassy outside the Melbourne offices of uranium mining company North Ltd scuffled with more than 60 police officers yesterday.
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Govt urged to rehabilitate Nagarahole tribals
The Federation of Voluntary Organisations for Rural Development in Karnataka (Fevord) has urged the government to prepare a comprehensive rehabilitation package for tribals who were evicted from the
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Glaxo anti-HIV drug approved
Glaxo Wellcome has added to its portfolio of anti-HIV drugs with the approval in 15 European countries of Ziagen. Known as a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, the medicine is intended for use as part
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U.S. study questions gene crop advantages - magazine
Most U.S. farmers growing genetically modified crops are getting yields no better than those producing traditional varieties and they are using just as much pesticide, according to
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Cambodia poachers target the zoo
Cambodian poachers have found a new hunting ground - the zoo. Lax security at the Ta Mao zoo, 40 km (25 miles) south of Phnom Penh, meant grazing animals were up for grabs, the Koh Santepheap