Volga river city weathers slide of the rouble
There is an independent air about Saratov, capital of one of Russia's leading reformist regions. The Volga river city, 500 miles south-east of Moscow, is proud of its 400-year history as a trading...
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Silence about a destructive power
Environmental Practice
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Wellcome pioneers
In some regions, a little funding can make a big difference. Julia Hinde reports on two units in Asia doing ground-breaking work The Wellcome Trust may be Britain's largest and most influential...
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Civil servants' heavenly fall
Tokyo. SENIOR Japanese civil servants are sidestepping golden jobs in the business world when they retire to take lecturing posts with leading universities. Yoshimasa Nishimura, former director...
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Riders of capitalism's storms
Democracy at Risk - The Memory Bank - The Challenge of Global Capitalism
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Whispers of ancient times speak volumes for history
The Cambridge History of China, Volume Eight - The Cambridge History of Ancient China
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Women join the training net from Canada to Tuvalu
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ first electronic network to be set up for women working in technical and vocational education and training in the Asia Pacific region has attracted interest from more than 20 countries. The...
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State grip too tight for comfort
FROM É«ºÐÖ±²¥ hothouse universities of the tiger economies of the Far East to Africa's riot-torn and constantly closed campuses, there is a wealth of anecdotal evidence to suggest growing state...
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Kiss your cousins goodbye
Orang-utans, our third closest relatives, are barely hanging on as a species. Researchers trying to study them are also under attack. Aisling Irwin reports As the rope bridge across the rainforest...
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Apocalypse now and atrocity then
From Melos to My Lai - Kennedy's Wars
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First-class degrees on wane
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ NUMBER of students gaining top honours is falling, according to statistics published today. But the male/female divide remains, with 7.7 per cent of male students who achieved degrees in 1995/96...
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World's Largest Switchboard for Climate Monitoring
Paris, 26 February 2002 Europe's showpiece in climate monitoring is called Envisat. Fully equipped, the largest, most complex, and most powerful Earth observation satellite of the European Space...
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Appointments
University of Buckingham Robert Taylor, pro-director at the School of Oriental and African Studies, will succeed Richard Luce in January 1997 as vice chancellor. University of Kent at Canterbury...
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Trees of life and the babel of tongues
Genes, Peoples and Languages
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Rise of Anglo-Chinese
In this part of the world, it is commonplace to argue that English is important to the Chinese because of its usefulness in trade and finance. Anyone who is bilingual in Chinese and English can...