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Students opt for easy life abroad British students studying abroad would rather go somewhere hot where the locals speak English than struggle with a foreign language in Europe, according to a report...
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Public procurement rules stifling innovation, claims EU project
Brussels, 05 Aug 2004 Public procurement rules in the European Union are currently hampering innovation because the public sector is not encouraged to act as a 'launching customer' for innovative...
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Commission Staff Working Document Annex to "Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union 2003 Annual Report" (link)
Brussels, 05 Aug 2004 Full text of Document 11854/04 Addendum 01 Suite of documents 11854/04 Subject: COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT ­ Annex to the report from the Commission on "Research...
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EU funds European tele-archaeology project
Brussels, 05 Aug 2004 The European Commission intends to improve access to Europe's cultural heritage by providing 2,650,000 euro to a new Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project aimed at bringing...
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Thriving right under Saddam's nose
Iraq's regime was on the brink of collapse before war broke out thanks to the country's underground communities, says Yahia Said. Little was known about Iraqi society under Saddam Hussein; two voices...
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Plagiarism stems from a loss of scholarly ideals
Cheating is hogging the headlines but, in the market-led university, there is a disturbing trend towards normalising bad practice, says Frank Furedi. In recent months plagiarism in the British...
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Big Q's in history: Blocked arteries stir the blood
Chris Bunting encounters 'Wolfie' Smith as he asks what causes revolutions, while Fred Halliday asks if the conditions for such upheaval still exist. In the title sequence for the 1970s British...
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When it comes to theories, they're only as good as the last uprising
Chris Bunting encounters 'Wolfie' Smith as he asks what causes revolutions, while Fred Halliday asks if the conditions for such upheaval still exist. There are key reasons for wanting to understand...
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The real X-factor
How were millions of Britons persuaded to vote for the UKIP in the European elections? It certainly wasn't thanks to a couple of minor celebrities, argues Alan Sked. The UK Independence Party's...
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Royal power's mongrel aspects
Hampton Court
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Communal connections
Critical Mass
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Life gets complicated but it never goes over the edge
Deep Simplicity
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No victory in the peace to end peace
The Origins of World War I - Castles of Steel - The Great War - The First World War - Trench Art
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Young Turks who set stage for the century of slaughter
The Burning Tigris
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you must identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel about an ambitious Russian civil servant: "Through the gate of a hostelry in a provincial capital...