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- Mad cow inquiry starts in England

An appeals court judge opened a formal inquiry into the UK government's handling of mad cow disease and said he couldn't meet his deadline of reporting at the end of the year. Justice Nicholas

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- No survivors found after floods in Baluchistan

Hopes of finding survivors from floods in southwestern Pakisatan have faded, with an estimated 1,500 people still missing, government officials

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- Punjab farmers turn to chilli-farming

After excelling in foodgrain and milk produciton. Punjab's farmers are preferring something really hot: chillies.

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- Eco-friendly houses take priority in Kerala housing board scheme

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09/03/1998

Housing board colonies, ususally eyesores in most places, may undergo changes for the better with eco-friendly houses and heritage cottages getting priority in the Kerala Housing Board (KSHB)

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- 40 pc of Assam's population still under poverty line

Despite repeated assurances by successive Governments to eradicate poverty, over 40 per cent of the total population of Assam are still living below the poverty line, that too according to an

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- A genetic fondness for nicotine

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09/03/1998

Smokers who cannot quit may have a gene that makes them enjoy the nicotine in tobacco too much, researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have

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- Can trees mitigate the greenhouse effect?

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09/03/1998

On 80 acres of wettest land in Catahoula Parish in Louisiana, an experimental crop of hardwood saplings is seizing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it up in wooden cells. On each acre,

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- Tax break to help business in computer 'bomb' battle

Tax changes to help companies finance the cost of dealing with the millennium "bomb" and with the implications for computer systems of European monetary union are expected in next week's Budget. The

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- Two Canada provinces push for C$12bn dam

The provincial governments of Quebec and Newfoundland are expected to announce that they will proceed with formal negotiations to develop a US$8.2bn hydroelectric power project capable of generating

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09/03/1998
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- Firm admits link to organ sales of slain Chinese

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09/03/1998

A German company has announced that it is abandoning its half interest in a kidney dialysis center in Guangzhou, China, admitting that Chinese military officials had probably made it an unintentional

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