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TECHNOLOGY-ZIMBABWE: Heading For The Y2K Crisis?
A lot of computers in use in Zimbabwe do not know what the year 2000 compliance is all about, and experts warn that unless adequate preparations are made, Zimbabwe is likely to roll back to 1900 come Jan 1, 2000.SCIENCE: Uruguayan Scientist Wins Major US Prize
An engineer and graduate of the University of Uruguay has collected the U.S. "Young Scientist of the Year" award which is worth 1 million dollars.SCIENCE: UNESCO’s Upcoming Summit To Pursue Social Equity Goal
UNESCO needs a programme that will protect and promote indigenous knowledge systems in science in the new millennium, scientists and scholars from 10 UNESCO member countries recommended at a conference in this Indian city.ECONOMY: Developing World Vulnerable to ‘Millennium Bug’
Developing countries are no strangers to plagues of insects but their food, health care and economic systems are highly vulnerable to a new parasite: the so-called millennium bug.TECHNOLOGY-JAMAICA: When Mechanisation from the Backend Fails
Replacing men with machines was supposed to solve some of the many problems which have been plaguing the sugar industry for decades.SCIENCE-ECUADOR: On the Threshold of the Space Age
A commerical space flight rocket launching station is in the pipeline for Ecuador, with backing from a US company.SCIENCE-PERU: Death at Christmas
Doctor and university professor Romulo Puga killed himself with a lethal injection of air to the jugular on December 21, bringing the number of seasonal suicides in Peru's capital to 20 in the last 10 days.COMMUNICATIONS-TECHNOLOGY: U.N. Ready to Fight Y2K Bug
Fearing a breakdown of its computer system worldwide, the United Nations is taking steps to fight the "millennium bug" that threatens to paralyze the world body.DEVELOPMENT-TRADE: UN Calls for Equitable Internet Access
The United Nations (UN) shares ideas of the potential benefits of electronic commerce commonly raised by the industrial powers, but warned access is barred to many by technological inequities.SCIENCE-INDIA: Women Make A Mark In Biotechnology
Taking advantage of traditional male disdain for the biological sciences, Indian women are making a mark in the rapidly growing area of biotechnology.TECHNOLOGY-GUYANA: Government Blocks Access to Starr Report
Like many who own Internet-ready computers around the world, University of Guyana student Leonard Williams was anxious to read the latest round of material independent counsel Kenneth Starr's office released from on investigation of US President Bill Clinton.TECHNOLOGY-MEXICO: Combatting the Millenium Bug
Mexico's government has set aside 800 million dollars, contracted experts, created a special commission and sponsored workshops and seminars to ward off the disruption the year 2000 is expected to cause to computer systems.COMMUNICATION-CUBA: Talk Less or Pay More
Cubans are accustomed to living glued to their telephone receivers, but they may have to curb their passion for telecommunications when new phone rates come into effect in September.TECHNOLOGY-SOUTH ASIA: India Pins Hopes On Cyber Future
With bullock carts and supercomputers happily coexisting, India is Alvin Toffler country. But planners now hope to use information technology to merge all three Tofflerian waves - agricultural, industrial and post industrial.AGRICULTURE-INDIA: Vigil Against Genetically Engineered Soyabeans
A campaign against the landing of one million tonnes of soyabeans from the United States, suspected to be genetically engineered, got off Wednesday with a farmer's rally in the capital.SCIENCE-BRAZIL: Scientists Fight White Fly Menace
Brazilian researchers sat down Sunday to examine ways to step up their war against one of the worst plagues to hit local agriculture this century: the dreaded white fly.DISARMAMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Sub-Continent Requires ‘Nuclear Education’
In an editorial in this week's British Medical Journal, Professor Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta from the Aga Khan University in Pakistan laments the growth of the nuclear arms race in the sub-continent.TECHNOLOGY-INDIA: Sanctions Threaten Nuclear Safety
Decades of denying India nuclear technology has pushed the country to pursue an indigenous but secretive programme which poses the threat of a Chernobyl-type disaster, experts say.TRADE-LATAM: Electronic Commerce for Small and Medium-Sized Firms
The biggest network of on-line commercial information in developing countries, TIPS, with UNDP backing, launched a new strategy this week in Uruguay to boost electronic commerce among small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America.TECHNOLOGY-JAMAICA: The Fight For Control of the Internet Market Continues
A dispute between the British-owned telecommunications giant, Cable and Wireless and a small Internet provider, InfoChannel, is threatening to railroad an industry which has grown by leaps and bounds over the last two years.EDUCATION-GERMANY: Arresting Downward Spiral Of Migrant Children
It's a downward spiral into poverty. Recent studies show second generation migrants, particularly from Turkey speak no better German than first generation migrants, reducing their educational and employment opportunities.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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