Department for International Development
Deadline: 31/08/2001
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Successful Ariane launch
Paris, 18 Dec 2002 Just after midnight an Ariane 4 soared into the sky above Kourou in French Guiana to place a new telecommunications satellite into orbit. This is the 113th successful Ariane 4...
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Partition ghosts haunt old rivals
India-Pakistan in War and Peace
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Lump sum won't balance out the market forces
There is no one-size-fits-all solutionto saving strategically important subjects, says Howard Newby This year, Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, has written not one but two letters to the...
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All threads of a global tapestry
Textile
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Stavros Dimas Member of the European Commission responsible for EnvironmentEarth Observation Matters The 3rd Earth Observation Summit
Brussels, 16 February 2005 Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, Earth Observation matters to the international community. This is clear from the number of countries and organisations represented here....
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GIS system to monitor how clean Europe's coasts are
Brussels, 11 Jan 2005 While clean-up teams survey the damage and lost lives caused by the Asian tsunami over Christmas, attention will soon turn to the environmental damage to the region's coasts....
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Travels in time put flesh on forebears
To comprehend the lives of the early humans who laid the foundations of civilisations, Steven Mithen sent a fictional observer to visit them Late one afternoon last October, I climbed a hill in...
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Canada cashes in as US toughens up visa policies
Increased restrictions on foreign students in the US may have boosted international student numbers in Canada by more than 15 per cent. The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has said...
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Canada cashes in as US toughens up visa policies
Increased restrictions on foreign students in the US may have boosted international student numbers in Canada by more than 15 per cent. The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has said...
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ESA service makes customised maps available to African aid workers
Paris, 30 Nov 2004 The map is not the territory, runs the famous quote, but maps do represent an unparalleled tool for emergency management. Nobody knows this better than humanitarian organisations...
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Life proved colourful in forgotten kingdoms
Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones
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Burglar, ghost, fiend, poet, drunk and hero
William Empson
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Update:
Middlesex wins enterprise award Middlesex University has today won the Queen's award for enterprise, in recognition of its recruiting a high number of overseas students. It boosted overseas student...