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Physics agency instigates review PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 07:29
Physics agency instigates review The body overseeing UK astronomy and physics is to commission an independent review of its operations.

The probe into the effectiveness of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) follows widespread concern over the status of its budget.

The council says its settlement from government has left it no choice but to find £80m of savings through to 2011.

This puts at risk a number of current science...
Last Updated on Sunday, 29 June 2008 16:35
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Greenland whale hunt 'commercial' PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:29
Greenland whale hunt 'commercial' Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too...
Last Updated on Monday, 23 June 2008 14:32
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Zambia’s false political crisis 

There will be many reasons for people to disagree. In fact, disagreeing is a very normal thing in life. The right to dissent, although not recognised as such per se, is a fundamental requirement in any functional society – particularly, that which espouses democracy.

We want to take this opportunity to argue that the right to dissent does not necessarily mean the right to anarchy, a vice that few of our people, with a chain of qualifications in deception boast of.   Read More...

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