Polizei keep the peace with football diplomacy
At the World Cup, Geoff Pearson finds keepy-uppy among the tactics to defuse potential disorder England's first matches of a football tournament are not always a good guide to how things will...
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UK talent cut from a quality cloth
Fashion graduates are far from fluffy. They are one of this country's unsung creative and commercial success stories, as Jo Entwistle explains June is the month in which final-year fashion students...
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Reducing animal testing: Industry commits to action programme, Commission tables guidelines for labelling cosmetics as “not tested on animals”
Brussels, 21 June 2006 The fight against animal testing gets more concrete. Initiated by the European Commission, the new “European Partnership on Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing...
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New action programme to accelerate research into alternative approaches to animal testing
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 The European Partnership on Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) today announced details of its first action programme, which aims to make significant progress in...
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Signature of new agreement on higher education and vocational training: EU-US Summit, 21 June (extracts)
Brussels, 21 June 2006 EU-US Summit. Vienna, 21 June 2006 We have signed today a new Agreement on Higher Education and Vocational Training under which our respective educational institutions will...
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EU-US Summit: signature of new agreement to boost cooperation in higher education and vocational training
Brussels, den 21 June 2006 At today’s EU-US summit in Vienna, a new eight-year education agreement was signed between the two parties, renewing their long-standing cooperation programme in...
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Outcome of the First Reading of a Proposed Decision Concerning the Seventh Framework Programme for Reseach (2007-2013) (link)
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 Full text of Document 10374/06 Suite of documents 10374/06 I. INTRODUCTION The rapporteur, Mr. BUZEK (PPE-DE/PL), presented a report containing 317 amendments to the proposal...
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Agenda of the Joint Research/Atomic Questions Working Party - Meeting at Attaché Level, 26 June 2006
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 Full text of Document 2262/06 1. Workshop on ITER. [Public Info Net automatically generates links to Council Register documents where an appropriately formatted document number...
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Finalised Text of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee, Extending Cooperation in Specific Fields Outside the Four Freedoms to Security Research (link)
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 Full text of Document 9791/06 Suite of documents 9791/06 Subject: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific...
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"Uncertainty Manager" aims to help public control laboratories measure chemical uncertainty in foods, pharmaceuticals, waste control, sports -- helping to increase accuracy New software reduces uncert
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 Uncertainty Manager, a project supported by EUREKA, the small to medium enterprise (SME)-focused EU-wide funding body, has developed new software to crack uncertainty in...
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Scientists and policy makers pledge support for international polar research
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 Scientists and policy makers from 45 countries have pledged their political and financial support to the International Polar Year 2007-2008, the biggest internationally...
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ICT in FP7 - opportunities for UK participants, 18 July in London
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 The UK National Contact Point will organise a conference on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), with a specific focus on information and communication technologies (ICT), on...
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Forum of European Neuroscience in Vienna, 8-12 July
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 The 5th Forum of European Neuroscience, organised by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, will take place from 8 to 12 July 2006 in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the...
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Barcelona to host first applied food emerging technologies workshop
Brussels, 21 Jun 2006 A workshop on applied and emerging technologies in food processing will take place on 5 to 7 July in Barcelona, Spain. The main aim of the event is to enhance research, promote...
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Bouncing Superheated Gas Bubbles on the Sunny Side of the Earth May be the "Bow Shock" of the Earth's Magnetic Field Meeting the Solar Wind
Paris, 21 Jun 2006 Space is fizzing. Above our heads, where the Earth's magnetic field meets the constant stream of gas from the Sun, thousands of bubbles of superheated gas are constantly growing...