Indian strategy takes N-test talks to brink

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India's refusal to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty may create difficulties in the final acceptance and ratification of the Treaty. India asserts that the Treaty may encourage the five nuclear powers to continue their nuclear programs while preventing others from making nuclear weapons. The Treaty does not require total elimination of nuclear arsenals and the nuclear powers are not giving any assurances. India is insisting on a time frame of ten years for achieving total disarmament.

Laws, regulations and rules, India, Military policy, Nuclear disarmament

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Brussels seeks BSE diagnostic test to screen European cattle

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The European Commission will spend around ECU 1 million on a competition to choose a diagnostic test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle. The aim is to prevent is to address the threat that the lack of precautions in some European countries may be providing a breeding ground for BSE. The commission wants to be able to test every animal arriving at at the abattoir.

Diagnosis, Diseases, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Animals, Animal diseases

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WHO boss faces test of independence

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China's candidate for director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, won the election to replace South Korea's Lee Jong-wook, who died in May 2006, but is criticized for her handling of Hong Kong's SARS outbreak. She has made women and Africa her priorities, but critics suggest her priority must be to put health above national and business interests.

China, Elections, World Health Organization, Chan, Margaret

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