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Seventh Research Framework Programmes - EC and Euratom: Competitiveness Council, 24 July
Brussels, 25 July 2006 47th Council Meeting - Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry and Research). Brussels, 24 July 2006 Provisional version The Council reached, by qualified majority, a...
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WHO IP Working Group To Address Conflicting Interests Before December Meeting, IP Watch says (extract)
Washington, D.C., 25 Jul 2006 An intergovernmental working group on public health and intellectual property, which the World Health Assembly said in May should be set up "immediately," is scheduled...
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Revised Text of the Proposed Council Directive on the Supervision and Control of Shipments of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (extract)
Brussels, 25 Jul 2006 Full text of Document 11799/06 Suite of documents 11799/06 No. Cion prop: 5058/06 ATO 1 ENV 7 - COM(2005) 673 final Subject: Proposal for a Council Directive on the supervision...
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Full report on Competitiveness Council, 24 July (link)
Brussels, 25 July 2006 47th Council Meeting - Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry and Research). Brussels, 24 July 2006 Provisional version Main Results of the Council The Council reached a...
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Investigating Research - how the Framework Programme works - part 1
Brussels, 25 Jul 2006 Now that the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is on track to start in early 2007, CORDIS News tracked down some of the people working within the Programme, responsible its...
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German laboratory to map Neanderthal genome
Brussels, 25 Jul 2006 A team of German and US researchers has announced plans to decipher the genetic coding of our closest relative, the Neanderthal, within the next two years. If successful, the...
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Coreper Agenda Entry on the signing of the GNSS cooperation agreement with Korea
Brussels, 25 Jul 2006 Full text of Document 11894/06 Suite of documents 11894/06 PROVISIONAL AGENDA for: 2150th MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) date: Wednesday 26 (10:15)...
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UK government announces plans for new Large Facilities Council
London, 25 July 2006 A new Large Facilities Council will be created by merging the current responsibilities of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) and the Council for the...
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Lecturers loath to step up Good vice-chancellors are an increasingly rare breed, it seems, and universities are struggling to fill top posts. In recent months a number of university heads have...
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Competitiveness Council agrees on Seventh Research Framework Programme
Helsinki, 24 July 2006 Political obstacles cleared in the decision-making process for the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for research The EU's Competitiveness Council succeeded in reaching a...
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Member States reach agreement on Framework Programme for Research and Innovation in Europe
Brussels, 24 Jul 2006 Today the European Competitiveness Council has reached a political agreement between member states on the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7) which...
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Cassini Mission Reveals Saturn's Moon has Earthly Features
Washington, 24 Jul 2006 A region on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan, appears to look much like Earth, with rivers, lakes and plains, according to radar images...
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Consultation on setting up Virtual Transport Research Centre (link)
London, 24 July 2006 Consultation document Questionnaire The Department for Transport (DfT) in partnership with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and possibly other partners (including...
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