Possible answers to a plaguing question
Brussels, 20 May 2004 A Soviet-era research centre may hold the key to why bubonic plague has never been stamped out. Thanks to EU and international support, four decades of data is being converted...
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Oxymoronic efforts to put up imperial borders
The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of US Culture
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Europe takes over from USA on the web
Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 Internet penetration is now greater in Europe than in the USA, according to a new survey. While the USA has 183 million users, Europe has 186 million, according to the nua.com...
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A myth that rises to the challenge
The Sacred Footprint
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Multi-generational space science missions
Paris, 25 Jun 2004 The Cassini-Huygens mission, which is arriving in orbit around Saturn, has taken more than six-and-a-half years to reach its destination, and scientists have been working on its...
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An army of managers in need of training
Paul FitzPatrick reports from Asia on a hunger for MBAs. When people talk about "unleashing creativity" or "becoming emotionally literate", the People's Liberation Army may not spring to mind. But...
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Under the skin of a bureaucratic giant
The Institutions of the European Union. First edition - Flexible Integration - The European Union and the Asian Countries. First edition - The European Social Fund and the EU - The European Union and...
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The dark vision of a small-town US democrat
Politics and Vision
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Jobwatch: reheat your career
As Europe faces the chill of winter, academics may warm to a job in the statistical sciences department at the University of Cape Town, or a post as halls administrator in the West Indies, writes...
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Jobwatch: reheat your career
As Europe faces the chill of winter, academics may warm to a job in the statistical sciences department at the University of Cape Town, or a post as halls administrator in the West Indies, writes...
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Forecasters and new meteo satellites
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 The UK Met Office is this year celebrating its 150 years of weather forecasting. Created in 1854 to provide meteorological and sea current information to shipping, it is today one...
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Students 'promised' UK future
Nottingham and Leeds Metropolitan universities have demanded that the European University of Lefke in Turkish Northern Cyprus delete references to them from recruitment materials. The moves come amid...
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Leader: Quality is key to overseas market
Some of the more extravagant projections of future global student mobility have been toned down in the latest studies, but both the Commonwealth and the IDP, the Australian universities'...
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Leader: Quality is key to overseas market
Some of the more extravagant projections of future global student mobility have been toned down in the latest studies, but both the Commonwealth and the IDP, the Australian universities'...