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BY PHILIP FINE and KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED States is calling for countries to offer up more information on their legal pharmaceutical and bulk chemical industries so as to better catch those who are using them for illegal purposes.

In its comprehensive annual report on worldwide drugs activities, the US State Department places some of the blame for many legal chemicals ending up in the hands of illicit drug manufacturers, on government political structures.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH High Court judge Sir Adrian Fulford was among 18 judges sworn in this week (11/03) to serve on the world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal, the International Criminal Court (ICC), which will sit at The Hague, the Netherlands.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE WORLD Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have agreed to fund a US$55.77 million environmental management programme in Zambia’s copper mining region; the decision should tackle concerns that the bank – which has long been suggesting the programme – has been dragging its feet over releasing funding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL initiative has been launched that will boost the quality of processed fish products from developing countries, to ease the health and safety difficulties that they encounter when exporting to richer countries. This Aquatic Food Product Initiative (AFPI) has set up an interactive Internet portal to supply the latest fish product safety information to boost training and best practice.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE WORLD Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have agreed to fund a US$55.77 million environmental management programme in Zambia’s copper mining region. The Copperbelt Environmental Project (CEP) will try to improve the compliance of Zambian copper producers with the country’s environmental regulations.…

BY MARK ROWE and ALAN OSBORN, in London, PHILIP FINE and MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal, and RICHARD HURST, in Johannesburg

RATCHETING up security has been a prime concern of the nuclear industry since the September 11 attacks, with all countries possessing commercial reactors addressing the issue to some extent.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN government has stepped up to the baseball plate in response to calls from domestic and international law enforcement agencies that it raises its game in detecting, deterring and preventing money laundering, especially and terrorist financing. The result has been three new regulations that were brought into effect in January of this year.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
INDEPENDENT Canadian booksellers were rescued from what could have been a poor Christmas season, by shoppers who bought cheaper paperbacks according to the Canadian Booksellers Association.

The group reported that sales of hardback fiction and other expensive books were slow this year.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN government is taking steps to sell off its remaining 19 per cent share of Petro Canada, which is valued at approximately CDN$2.45 billion. According to the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper, government representatives have contacted investment bankers to prepare for the transaction.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN tobacco companies may have to introduce a self-snuffing cigarette if recent federal government proposals are given the go ahead. New standards outlined in a consultation paper by Health Canada, urge Ottawa to insist that cigarettes sold in Canada are designed to burn at lower temperatures or self-extinguish if a puff is not taken.…