Brussels, 16 Jun 2006 A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that as much as 24 per cent of global disease and 23 per cent of all deaths are caused by environmental exposures,...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2006 Full text of Document 10472/06 Suite of documents 10472/06 Within the framework of the planned Ministerial Conference likely to be hosted by Costa Rica in New York in 2007 the...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2006 Full text of Document 253/06 Suite of documents 253/06 Delegations will find attached a note from the secretariat, which has been examined by the JAF Group at its meeting on 10/...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2006 The news: Around 10.7 million animals per year are used for testing (2002). More than half of these are used in research and development for human medicine, dentistry, and in...
“July 7 scholarship award winner announced” A young aspiring accountant has been named as the first recipient of a scholarship set up in memory of one of the victims of the July 7 bombings in London...
Science on Stage
Suburban Shaman
Broken Genius
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a non-fiction work by a science-fiction master: "The story of our world is a story that is still very...
The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume one: Journalist, 1706-1730 Volume two: Printer and Publisher, 1730-1747
A Matter of Opinion
Mirror to America
Born Losers
Gore Vidal's America
A History of Wine in America