The rise of occidental heroes and villains
Civilised or overly materialistic? Alistair Bonnett asks how the West is seen through Eastern eyes. Many academic fashions spring from nowhere and return there soon after. The study of occidentalism...
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Afghans renew call for support
Afghanistan's five universities are beset with corruption, underfunding and poor living conditions, despite the international community's expressed intentions. In February, entrance exams taken by 40...
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Martin Ince
Europe's answer to the AAAS could be just the boost scientists need - let's just hope it has something to show off As European commissioner in charge of research, Slovenian economist Janez Potocnik...
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NASA Funds Study of World's Glaciers - Key Indicators of Climate Change
Washington, 13 Aug 2003 Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder will combine historical records with measurements from satellites to complete an online database of the world's glaciers...
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Melbourne
The first Unesco chair in cultural heritage studies in the Asia Pacific region has been created at Deakin University in Melbourne. A new centre will cooperate with universities in three Indochinese...
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Who really planted the kiss of death?
Rats are off the hook when it comes to the Great Plague, say Christopher Duncan and Susan Scott. Ask anyone about the Black Death or the Great Plague of London and they will say, while perhaps being...
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Tales to get bankers blushing
Reform and Recovery in East Asia - The Japanese Economy - An Economic History of Malaysia, c.1800-1990
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Suspicions that shape a nation
Falun Gong - A Bitter Revolution - China's New Nationalism
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EuroNews launches TV space magazine with ESA
Paris, 02 Apr 2004 Today sees the launch of a special TV magazine dedicated to Space, produced by EuroNews in collaboration with ESA. The topic of the first show is on preparations for Galileo. This...
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Partition ghosts haunt old rivals
India-Pakistan in War and Peace
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European notes lost as opus heads west
The Harvard Dictionary of Music
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Forecasters and new meteo satellites
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 The UK Met Office is this year celebrating its 150 years of weather forecasting. Created in 1854 to provide meteorological and sea current information to shipping, it is today one...
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UCL marks 30 years of e-networking
The UK's first electronic messages were full of complaints about unexpected delays, writes Steve Farrar. Yet the bouts of lethargy that would suddenly afflict the net when Peter Kirstein was trying...
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UCL marks 30 years of e-networking
The UK's first electronic messages were full of complaints about unexpected delays, writes Steve Farrar. Yet the bouts of lethargy that would suddenly afflict the net when Peter Kirstein was trying...
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A myth that rises to the challenge
The Sacred Footprint