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Rome, like many other parts of Italy, is under attack from tiger mosquitoes, a particularly aggressive and dangerous species believed to have arrived from Asia. Paul Reiter, head of the entomology...
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First seeds of civilisation
It was a turning point in human history, the moment when a group of Levantine farmers first sowed seeds of barley before returning at the end of the growing season to reap their harvest. Scientists...
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Travels on ancient sea lanes
Pre-Columbiana
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Global Learning: World Education Market 2001
The Global Learning supplement was published with The THES on 18 May 2001 and distributed at World Education Market (Vancouver, Canada: May 21-24, 2001). A challenge for our times With 872...
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Investigators sent to uncover student visa scam
MELBOURNE Up to 15,000 foreign students may be using Australia's student visa system to enter illegally to work rather than to study. The federal government has set up an investigation into claims...
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European research area puts revamp on the cards
The EU wants to use Framework to build common cause, reports Keith Nuthall A European Commission discussion paper envisages transforming the European Union's Framework research programme, using its...
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Europe to strengthen LatAm links
Many Latin American executives still look to North America for their management training needs, but signs of a shift in focus to Europe were visible at a recent conference in Barcelona. More than 200...
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Tea's good, but hold the milk
The British may always put the kettle on when faced with a crisis, yet a study suggests that our drinking habits may deprive us of tea's most beneficial properties. Scientists have found that regular...
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Krishna didn't give a dam
Hinduism and Ecology
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Bangkok: the new Vienna
Global Sex - Travels in the Skin Trade
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Oxford's fee legacy
Oxford clearly needs a Royal Commission, but attacking the college system is barking up the wrong tree. A worse problem in Oxford, one not shared with Cambridge, is the dismal state of the non-...
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British combat waning status
An elite group of British universities concerned to "rehabilitate" Britian's higher education reputation overseas will today discuss boosting its membership and expanding its outreach work, writes...
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Free market will enslave us all
Humans do not develop by buying mobile phones and BMWs, argues Thai environmentalist Sulak Sivaraksa, who believes a sustainable future requires a little bit of spiritual enlightenment. Chris Bunting...
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We cannot even define them, let alone name them...
...so how can we make war on those we call terrorists? asks David Whittaker The rhetoric from Washington about "taking out" terrorism is a predictable response provoked by the anger and grief that...
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Commonwealth studies are for the good of all
Pat Caplan says the Association for Commonwealth Studies will not be a club but a way of fostering understanding in many fields Why choose 1998 to launch an Association for Commonwealth Studies and...