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Nanotechnology medicine revolution plannedFrance - Scientists are hoping to spearhead a medical revolution heralded by nanotechnologies that could find new ways of combating widespread fatal diseases and reducing healthcare costs. |
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Children’s drug rule approvedStrasbourg, France - The European Parliament approved new rules yesterday that would oblige pharmaceutical companies to design and test drugs specially for children, rather than giving them reduced doses of adult medicines, as at present. |
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‘Gene test’ for autism in sightParis, France - Scientists who have discovered a gene linked to autism believe they can use the new knowledge to work out an individual's risk of the condition. |
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Tsunami alert network to link up 27 countriesParis - A UN oceans commission agreed yestersday to work with 27 countries on a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean, with a network of deep-sea sensors and broadcast alerts to prevent a repeat of the disaster in December. |
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France gets nuclear fusion plantMoscow, Russia - France will get to host the project to build a 10bn-euro (6.6bn) nuclear fusion reactor, in the face of strong competition from Japan. |
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Freed French journalist backs home from IraqParis, France - French journalist Florence Aubenas, kept hostage for more than five months in Iraq, arrived home late Sunday as bodies found in Baghdad and the rising US death toll are pointing to continued violence in the country. |
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Radar search for Martian water back on trackParis - A stalled experiment to search for underground water on Mars is back on track after officials agreed to deploy the second of two identical radar booms on Europe's Mars Express spacecraft. |
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France Launches Drive to Boost Organic Food SalesParis - France launched a national campaign to promote organic produce on Wednesday, kicking off 10 days of events to boost a sector that has struggled to make its mark in Europe's agricultural powerhouse. |
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France Opens Second Phase of Biofuel PlanParis - France launched a tender on Thursday to increase biofuel production by 950,000 tonnes a year between 2008 and 2010, the second step of a plan that would allow France to meet the European Union output target for 2010. |
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Mars Express to deploy ‘divining rod’ at lastParis - The hunt for water on Mars is going underground with the long-awaited deployment of a "divining rod" antenna on Europe's Mars Express spacecraft. |
news from Europe
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- London’s red buses to go green in 2011
- Meet the Magical White Christmas Robin
- Italy’s poor to eat contraband caviar on Christmas
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- Malaria vaccine trials show promise
- Top UN official upbeat as many Member States commit to emergency relief fund
- Climate bill ‘could lead world’
