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Curb on power stations eased

The UK government has decided to permit the construction and operation of some new gas fired power stations even though the use of gas for power generation is the subject of wide ranging energy

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Lottery cash to fund cancer screening services

Lottery cash is to be switched into funding cancer treatment and other services traditionally funded from taxes. Tony Blair, the UK prime minister, said the lottery cash would be used to bring cancer

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Chiroscience boosted by immunity gene discovery

The UK biotechnology sector received a boost with the news that Chiroscience, one of its more successsful members, had discovered the gene that controls the human autoimmune system. If the discovery

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Farmers battle to dredge a living after the floods

As the flood waters recede in Bangladesh, the extent of the damage to the country's agriculture, industry and infrastructure is beginning to become apparent. Farmers have been worst hit, with much of

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Aid agency pulls out of North Korea

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30/12/1997

The largest international charity operating in North Korea announced that it was pulling out because the Communist government had refused to give the charity access to a large population of

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Prabhu calls for greater effort to save tigers

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30/12/1997

The Union Environemtn Minsiter, Mr Suresh Prabhu, has called for greater international cooperation for controlling illegal trade in tiger products to combat the steady decline in tiger population

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Australian scientists claim electric power engines as future of cars

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30/12/1997

Australian scientists believe they have found an answer to the probelm that has stalled electric cars taking over from petrol-driven models. The University of New South Wales in Sydney has signed a

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Delhi bids farewell to phat-phatis

Decades of deafening, pollution-spewing history are to be wiped off New Delhi's streets this week when motorcycle taxis with vintage Harley Davidson engines make a forced final exit. Come Friday, the

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India to oppose US stand on emission

India is heading for confrontation with the US on reduction of greenhouse gas emission at the forthcoming Buenos Aires conference on climate change. India believes that accepting US terms would mean

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Apple of Newton's eye blossoms in Pune

When Dr Jayant Narlikar, director of the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), planted three apple saplings in Pune last year, his colleagues were sceptical they would grow.

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