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Europe lays down the law on software: The world’s computer giants want to use copyright law to smother competition. But proposals from Europe should ensure they don’t have it all their own way
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America creates cold climate for greenhouse talks . . .
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Death in Europe and how to avoid it
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Whalers spurn plans for ‘scientific’ quotas
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. . . but longer view threatened by lack of support
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French ‘super-ministry’ will take on US and Japan
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The West pays up for Third World seeds: Developed countries have for centuries plundered the Third World for seeds to improve their crop yields. But crisis is looming because seed varieties are disappearing fast
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Haemophiliacs put French transfusion service in the dock
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Europe battles over biotechnology
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A steel corset for the leaning tower
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Europe plans green police force
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Sunken tanker fuels debate over dispersants
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